Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_chk
To: None <pkgsrc-changes@NetBSD.org>
From: Christoph Badura <bad@bsd.de>
List: pkgsrc-changes
Date: 08/29/2006 13:17:20
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 05:58:39PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 07:51:31PM +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
> > Update pkg_chk to 1.80:
> >   - Fix manpage reference DEPENDS_TARGET -> UPDATE_TARGET (reported by bad@)

> Actually, it should talk about both, IMO.
> When UPDATE_TARGET is not set, DEPENDS_TARGET is used instead, which is
> handy when some packages are also installed by hand to get consistent
> behaviour.

pkg_chk only ever invokes "make update" AFAICT. And "make update" reserves
the use of DEPENDS_TARGET for itself.  I think it is inappropriate to
document abuses of interfaces that are not producing consitent behaviour.

But, hey, feel free to document exactly what results you can get by 
violating the interface and under what circumstances it is useful.
But please be explicit.

--chris