Question regarding builders and require_active_variants

Jason Liu jasonliu at umich.edu
Wed Nov 17 16:10:51 UTC 2021


>
> Jason, are you asking relative to the new port you just created, for
> RawTherapee?


Yes, although it's a generally applicable question.

-- 
Jason Liu


On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 9:43 AM Christopher Nielsen <
mascguy at rochester.rr.com> wrote:

> Jason, are you asking relative to the new port you just created, for
> RawTherapee?
>
> > As I was working on a port recently, a question came to mind which I’m
> curious about. When using `require_active_variants` in a Portfile, are the
> builders smart enough to then install dependencies using the required
> variants? Because when I install the port locally, I have to manually go
> and install the dependencies myself with the required variants.
> >
> > Jason Liu
>
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