On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:56:44PM -0800, Daniel E. Hassler wrote: > Is it reasonable to assume all of the dependencies for a package > should also be available as either packages or via ports?
Yes. Some ports have licenses which prohibit redistribution as packages, though, so N(ports) > N(packages). > I'm trying to install p5-Mail-Box-2.018. - "p5-Mail-Box-2.018:Can't > find p5-Convert-BinHex-1.119" > I can't find p5-Convert-BinHex-1.119 in either packages or ports. > p5-MIME-tools-5.420 has the same dependency. How are you looking? $ man 7 ports $ cd /usr/ports $ make search name="BinHex" Port: p5-Convert-BinHex-1.119p1 Path: converters/p5-Convert-BinHex Info: module to extract data from Macintosh BinHex files Maint: The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org> Index: converters perl5 L-deps: B-deps: R-deps: Archs: any -- o--------------------------{ Will Maier }--------------------------o | web:.......http://www.lfod.us/ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | *------------------[ BSD Unix: Live Free or Die ]------------------*