ok then. i'll start reading the porters handbook :) thx a lot for the reply
Regards, Andri Kok On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > * Andri Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20031126 10:40]: wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > I know that the ports system that FreeBSD has takes care of dependencies, > > but I'd like to write my own shell/perl script for finding out which > > dependencies a package need. So I guess the 1 million dollar question is > > "How do the ports programmer know what dependencies a package need?" that > > is all :) thx guys. > > I believe they just get the application and then do the reading. The developer > of every application will say what other apps it will require to run. If you > write a perl program, you do say what modules it will require for it to perform > a certain operation, don't you? > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > use strict; > use Digest::MD5; > use bla::blah; > > Same thing as what the application developer says. > > So for starters, > > cd /usr/ports/net/gaim > make all-depends-list > > Try to investigate what the target 'all-depends-list' does. > > For more details, get the Porter's Handbook. Look for it at www.freebsd.org > > > -Wash > > http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > > -- > +======================================================================+ > |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 > +======================================================================+ > The first Great Steward, Parrafin the Climber, was employed in King > Chloroplast's kitchen as second scullery boy when the old King met a > tragic death. He apparently fell backward by accident on a dozen salad > forks. Simultaneously the true heir, his son Carotene, mysteriously > fled the city, complaining of some sort of plot and a lot of > threatening notes left on his breakfast tray. At the time, this looked > suspicious what with his father's death, and Carotene was suspected of > foul play. Then the rest of the King's relatives began to drop dead > one after the other in an odd fashion. Some were found strangled with > dishrags and some succumbed to food poisoning. A few were found > drowned in the soup vats, and one was attacked by assailants unknown > and beaten to death with a pot roast. At least three appear to have > thrown themselves backward on salad forks, perhaps in a noble gesture > of grief over the King's untimely end. Finally there was no one left > in Minas Troney who was either eligible or willing to wear the accursed > crown, and the rule of Twodor was up for grabs. The scullery slave > Parrafin bravely accepted the Stewardship of Twodor until that day when > a lineal descendant of Carotene's returns to reclaim his rightful > throne, conquer Twodor's enemies, and revamp the postal system. > -- Harvard Lampoon, "Bored of the Rings" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"