On Nov 5, 2020, at 18:43, Fred Wright wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Nov 2020, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> DSDP
>> R
>> esmf
>> gr-specest
>> itpp
>> levmar
>> lua-numlua
>> nco
>> psfex
>> py-numpy
>> py-scipy
>> scamp
>> shogun
>> shogun-devel
>> source-extractor
>> stimfit
>> sundials
>> sundials2
>
> That's an incomplete list. For example:
>
> MacPro:~ fw$ port installed $(port dependents atlas | awk '{print $1}')
> The following ports are currently installed:
> arpack @3.7.0_0+atlas+gfortran (active)
> qrupdate @1.1.2_6+atlas+gcc48 (active)
> SuiteSparse_SPQR @2.0.8_0+atlas
> SuiteSparse_SPQR @2.0.9_0+atlas
> SuiteSparse_SPQR @2.0.9_1+atlas (active)
Oh. My list is of those ports whose Portfiles include a dependency on
port:atlas. I had not realized that there is also a linear_algebra portgroup
that ports could include that might add the dependency.
> I believe all three of those ports have alternative variants with similar
> functionality, but one has to be careful to distinguish such cases from cases
> where atlas is the only means of providing its functionality.
Well regardless one has to address all of the ports.