[87157] trunk/dports/devel/pficommon

[Hiroshi Umemoto]

On Nov 15, 2011, at 5:31 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Nov 14, 2011, at 07:53, Hiroshi Umemoto wrote:
>> On Nov 13, 2011, at 2:04 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>> On Nov 12, 2011, at 09:28, hum at macports.org wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Modified Paths:
>>>> --------------
>>>> trunk/dports/devel/pficommon/Portfile
>> 
>>>> +variant mysql description {Enable mysql} {
>>>> +    depends_lib-append    lib:mysql_config:mysql5
>>>> +    configure.args-delete --disable-mysql
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +variant postgresql description {Enable postgresql} {
>>>> +    depends_lib-append    lib:libpq:postgresql91
>>>> +    configure.args-delete --disable-postgresql
>>>> +}
>>> 
>>> You should use path:- or port:-style dependencies. lib:- and bin:-style dependencies would allow dependencies installed by the user outside of MacPorts to satisfy them, which we don't want.
>>> 
>>> You also probably need to tell the configure script how to find these versions of MySQL and PostgreSQL since they're both installed in nonstandard locations.
>> 
>> Thank you for your comments.
>> Actually, I do not care about which version of the databases the port depends on, which are installed either inside or outside of MacPorts. Especially, PostgreSQL 9.0.4 is pre-installed on Lion (10.7.2), and I think we do not have to install it with MacPorts all the way.
> 
> MacPorts policy is to use MacPorts versions of libraries, not those that might be included in certain versions of OS X. This creates more predictable ports across OS versions.
> 
> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#ownlibs

OK, I will follow the policy of macports, but I have a question. There are several versions of postgresql in macports, and I think the port should not depend on a specific version of postgresql. Do you have any idea how to specify the dependency in the Portfile?