[82986] trunk/dports/games/blobwars

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Wed Aug 24 17:59:39 PDT 2011


On 2011-8-25 04:17 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> On Aug 23, 2011, at 00:56, Joshua Root wrote:
> 
>>> Revision: 82986
>>>          http://trac.macports.org/changeset/82986
>>> Author:   ryandesign at macports.org
>>> Date:     2011-08-22 22:41:31 -0700 (Mon, 22 Aug 2011)
>> <...>
>>> +installs_libs           no
>>
>> Setting this in a port with no dependents doesn't accomplish anything
>> except making the portfile a line longer.
> 
> I see. So ports that other ports depend on or are likely to depend on should add this line if correct, but ports that other ports are unlikely to depend on (like games and other applications) don't need it? Is that a good rule of thumb? 
> 
> It's hard to know sometimes how to use the new keywords when they're not documented.

man portfile
/installs_libs

- Josh


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