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| author | reed <reed> | 2005-09-14 16:46:13 +0000 |
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| committer | reed <reed> | 2005-09-14 16:46:13 +0000 |
| commit | 4795d7de68053cb8348934d239a2c31bda44addf (patch) | |
| tree | 1396c80ccc87e1fc12c0beb412bf3efc1d27a1bd /doc/guide | |
| parent | 215aa3ede811e952b6d18886d4053854c4444982 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-4795d7de68053cb8348934d239a2c31bda44addf.tar.gz | |
Mention USE_TOOLS also may express a dependency.
Todo: USE_TOOLS should be documented, such as :pkgsrc, :run, :build
(I started working on a files/tools.xml.)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/fixes.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/fixes.xml b/doc/guide/files/fixes.xml index c23ca6868f7..8c47b1e05ba 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/fixes.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/fixes.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: fixes.xml,v 1.29 2005/09/02 19:12:37 rillig Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: fixes.xml,v 1.30 2005/09/14 16:46:13 reed Exp $ --> <chapter id="fixes"> <?dbhtml filename="fixes.html"?> <title>Notes on fixes for packages</title> @@ -120,12 +120,13 @@ <para>Your package may depend on some other package being present - and there are various ways of expressing this dependency. pkgsrc supports the <varname>BUILD_DEPENDS</varname> - and <varname>DEPENDS</varname> definitions, as well as + and <varname>DEPENDS</varname> definitions, the + <varname>USE_TOOLS</varname> definition, as well as dependencies via <filename>buildlink3.mk</filename>, which is the preferred way to handle dependencies, and which uses the variables named above. See <xref linkend="buildlink"/> for more information.</para> - + <para>The basic difference between the two variables is as follows: The <varname>DEPENDS</varname> definition registers that pre-requisite in the binary package so it will be pulled in |