Question regarding file dependencies

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 6, 2010, at 02:15, Thibaut Paumard wrote:

> Le 5 mai 10 à 20:15, Ryan Schmidt a écrit :
> 
>> Specifying a relative path like "path:lib/libGL.dylib:mesa" is always relative to ${prefix}.
>> 
>> You should not create ports that link with /usr/X11/anything. We always want to use MacPorts versions of these libraries. See:
>> 
>> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#x11-libs
>> 
>> and:
>> 
>> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#ownlibs
> 
> Thanks for the clarification. I was confused by this bit of the [1]guide:
> 
> "But when satisfying a dependency with vendor-supplied software is preferred for special reasons, [...], then file dependencies may be used. An example of the former is with X11 —Apple's is widely preferred [...]".

We apparently forgot to update the documentation after we changed this policy last year.