[77613] trunk/dports/textproc/doxygen/Portfile

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 25, 2011, at 09:43, Jeff Johnson wrote:

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> On Apr 25, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
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>> On Apr 6, 2011, at 05:36, css at macports.org wrote:
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>>> Revision: 77613
>>>        http://trac.macports.org/changeset/77613
>>> Author:   css at macports.org
>>> Date:     2011-04-06 03:36:53 -0700 (Wed, 06 Apr 2011)
>>> Log Message:
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>>> doxygen: remove coreutils dependency, use BSD install instead. refs #28987
>> 
>> FYI, this probably didn't require a revision bump. All you've done is changed *how* files are installed, but you haven't changed *what* files are installed. The files a user will get by installing doxyegn @1.7.3_3 are exactly the same as the ones they'll get by installing doxyegn @1.7.3_4. Keep this in mind for future updates so you don't make people rebuild ports unnecessarily.
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> This is a dead-on observation and astute annalysis.
> 
> There is a far wider domain of application however, particularly
> as MacPorts attempts binary packaging:
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> 	Most "builds" don't change content at all but instead adjust metadata.

Indeed, we'll have to revise our guidelines when we build and distribute binaries. We don't do that yet, though.