Re: [patch] remove build dependencies in bsd.ports.mk

From: Nicolas Blais <nb_root_at_videotron.ca>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:16:38 -0500
On November 20, 2005 02:08 pm, you wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 02:03:46PM -0500, Nicolas Blais wrote:
> > As I 'ls /var/db/pkg', I noticed a lot of ports I didn't use and that
> > didn't have a +REQUIRED_BY file. Ports such as ezm3 and gcc-ooo that I
> > could do without. So, what I did is a simple hack in
> > /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk so that I can run 'make deinstall-builddepends'
> > after a port is installed, and it will ask me to remove any build
> > dependencies.
>
> A lot of people use sysutils/pkg_cutleaves, which will interactively walk
> through all unused ('leaf') ports.
>
> mcl

Hm,  I wasn't aware of that port. Thanks!  But isn't that an option that 
should be offered when building a port? 
I mean, we can deinstall the port or deinstall all ports dependencies but 
can't deinstall its build dependencies?  

Maybe I'm too lazy too... I'll give that port a try.

Nicolas.
-- 
FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #1: Sat Nov 19 12:36:29 EST 2005     
root_at_clk01a:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A 
PGP? (updated 16 Nov 05) : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc

Received on Sun Nov 20 2005 - 18:16:44 UTC

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:38:48 UTC