On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 11:46:25PM +0100, Marc Espie wrote:
> There aren't that many specific cases.
But they exist and the consequences are subtle breakage in the ports
infrastructure code.
> Actually, you've got an example of bsd.port.mk dealing with things
> for dwz, for instance.
>
> and the boostrap pseudo-flavor is another instance.
I do not get what you're saying, can you elaborate?
> This is definitely to be expected and is a design choice.
What exactly? That FETCH_PACKAGES only works when passed on the command
line?
> the alternative would be to insist you install some binary packages before
> building anything, and we don't do that.
Not sure I follow, alternative to what?
Yeah, we do not insist pkg_add'ing things before building other things,
but we offer the possibility with FETCH_PACKAGES.
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