Re: ports: how to handle 'alternate' dependencies

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 11:06 PM, John W jwde...@gmail.com wrote: I'm just learning the guts of how ports work, and wonder: How do ports specify that any one of X, Y, Z would satisfy a dependency. For instance, when I build graphics/jalbum, it says it requires jdk16. I would rather use

Re: ports: how to handle 'alternate' dependencies

In the last episode (Sep 11), John W said: I'm just learning the guts of how ports work, and wonder: How do ports specify that any one of X, Y, Z would satisfy a dependency. For instance, when I build graphics/jalbum, it says it requires jdk16. I would rather use diablo-jdk16, since I

Re: ports: how to handle 'alternate' dependencies

John W wrote: I'm just learning the guts of how ports work, and wonder: How do ports specify that any one of X, Y, Z would satisfy a dependency. For instance, when I build graphics/jalbum, it says it requires jdk16. I would rather use diablo-jdk16, since I find it faster and it is easier to