svn commit: r325807 - in head: . Mk

Alexey Dokuchaev danfe at FreeBSD.org
Sat Aug 31 14:10:13 UTC 2013


On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 01:56:08PM +0000, Bryan Drewery wrote:
> New Revision: 325807
> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/325807
> 
> - Add USE_PACKAGE_DEPENDS_ONLY which will try installing dependencies
>   from existing packages and not fallback on building from source.
> 
>   This is useful for package building tools such as poudriere and tinderbox
>   to avoid building from source and confusing the build log, if a dependency
>   failed to build for some reason.

I actually don't quite see the use for any of them.  As for the build log,
if I understand correctly what you're describing, usually it's *good* to
"confuse" the log, as it's an indication of wrongly spelled _DEPENDS line.

Am I missing some really warranted usage scenario for these knobs?

./danfe


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