[MacPorts] #17182: Variables aren't expanded in path:-style dependencies

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#17182: Variables aren't expanded in path:-style dependencies
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:  MacPorts base bugs                   
Component:  base                     |     Version:  1.6.0                                
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Comment(by ryandesign@…):

 Replying to [comment:12 mcalhoun@…]:
 > Making the change seems to have changed the \${prefix} to ${prefix} in a
 test Portindex file.
 But then you're just setting ${prefix} to itself. Why is there code that
 goes to the trouble of saving the prefix, setting it to a backslashed
 version of the prefix, and restoring it later? That code was added in
 r14567. We would first need to fully understand why it was added then, to
 understand whether we can safely remove it now. Cc'ing Paul, who committed
 that revision.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17182#comment:13>
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