Auto-variants

[Clemens Lang]

On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 10:28:48PM -0400, Arno Hautala wrote:
> Either all optional libraries should always be disabled and
> dependencies marked only as they are enabled, or this auto-variant
> behavior could be adapted. I think the GSOC project that would
> introduce "rev-upgrade" could be of use here. It could at least mark
> decencies after compilation has occurred.

It currently does not do that, but will detect broken binaries and
rebuild the port (in this case without the auto-variant enabled).
Recording actual dependencies (or warning if they don't match those
specified in the Portfile) might be part of Felipe's "destroot-test
phase" project, I think.

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Clemens Lang
GSoC Student