[MacPorts] #59696: redundant depends_fetch on port:git OR just use the port everywhere
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#59696: redundant depends_fetch on port:git OR just use the port everywhere
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Reporter: RJVB | Owner: (none)
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: base | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: |
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Comment (by ryandesign):
I think you'll find (look with `port -v deps`) that the dependency we set
is a `bin:`-style dependency, so that the system executable could satisfy
the dependency, but if the system executable doesn't exist or if the port
is already installed, the port's executable will be used, except that we
require the MacPorts svn or git executables on macOS versions where the
system version of the executable is too old to talk to popular services
like GitHub or SourceForge. We have made no attempt to also require the
MacPorts executables on old versions of non-macOS operating systems
because we are not familiar with other operating systems.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/59696#comment:1>
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