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Re: Dependancies with make search key=

From: Greg Thomas (get.listsgmail.com)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2006 - 11:33:16 CST


On 2/28/06, Harry Putnam <readernewsguy.com> wrote:
> Hannah Schroeter <hannahschlund.de> writes:
>
> > X isn't in packages, but in simple tarballs.
> >
> > cd / ; for i in some/path/x*.tgz; do tar xvvzpf $i; done
> >
> > Configure if needed, run X.
> >
>
> Nick Holland <nickholland-consulting.net> writes:
>
>
> > No.
> > X is not a "package". It is a file set, not part of the ports tree.
>
> Not to be argumentative but ratpoison is still dependant on it [them].
> Seems that should be made apparent in the ports search output somehow eh?

And something like screen is dependent on the OS. Should it be made
apparent in the ports that the OS needs to be installed before you can
install screen?

Greg