On Sep 2, 2016, at 5:43 AM, Marius Schamschula <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>> On Sep 1, 2016, at 4:43 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>> 
>>> +platform darwin 9 {
>>> +    depends_build       port:flex
>>> +}
>> 
>> Doesn't libpcap require flex to build on all operating systems, not just 
>> Leopard?
> 

> Ryan,
> 
> Yes, but Apple’s flex on Leopard is too old, and configure fails, whereas 
> Apple’s flex works on newer OS versions.
> 
> On Sep 2, 2016, at 3:37 AM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:


So Tiger would need the dependency too. I'd say just declare the dependency 
unconditionally, that way you're sure you're using the same version everywhere, 
and if something breaks because of the version of flex, you'll notice it on any 
system and can fix it more quickly.



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