Dependency Problem of Upgrading Gnuplot: A Possible Bug

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Jul 25, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Xin Liu wrote:
>> You didn't waste your time, it's just that your suggested fix causes
>> other problems. If you can think of a better way to do it, I'm sure
>> Macports would be happy to incorporate your changes.
>
> I suggest that "upgrade" do not touch bin/lib style dependencies. What
> problem does this fix cause? You said that this will cause problem for
> portfiles that use bin/lib style to refer to internal dependencies,
> but that's their authors' fault: they should not use bin/lib style
> this way (and I highly suspect any portfile author will do this).

All bin/lib dependencies include a port at the end that will fulfill  
the dependency.

If the user doesn't have the external bin/lib, the port gets  
installed by macports.

In the case of upgrade, macports should indeed manage this installed  
port.

There is not syntax for specifying an external dependency without  
including a port that will fulfill it.

> Or
> is there any concrete example that a portfile has to use bin/lib style
> for internal dependencies?

all of them?
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