git-core requires rcs?

[Bryan Blackburn]

On Jan 26, 2007, at 1:42 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Jan 26, 2007, at 13:34, Bryan Blackburn wrote:
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>> You're right, it should compile just fine with a normal 10.4  
>> install (I'm not sure if rcs, in the BSD package on 10.4, was also  
>> in BSD in 10.3, which I think was still optional).  The only issue  
>> is that the dependency claims that it can be resolved by  
>> installing the rcs port, which doesn't exist.
>
> Ah, is that what it means? The portfile says "depends_run ...  
> bin:merge:rcs ..." Does that mean "I need the binary called merge,  
> and if there isn't one, install the port rcs"? I'm still muddling  
> my way through the portfile syntax.
>

Yup, that's it; this is the older dependency style, before  
port:portname became the preferred.  In fact, had this port been  
upgraded to port:rcs, then it'd definitely break.  I think at this  
point the few uses for the old bin:program:portname and  
lib:libname:portname is for big things which we accept as valid pre- 
installed dependencies like X11.

Bryan

>
>> With 10.4, we can definitely assume it's just there, so the fix is  
>> simply to remove that dep altogether.  Though, if you look at that  
>> thread, most of the issues didn't seem to be of interest...
>