Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/mk/tools
To: None <pkgsrc-changes@netbsd.org>
From: Min Sik Kim <minskim@NetBSD.org>
List: pkgsrc-changes
Date: 11/18/2007 14:08:17
On Nov 16, 2007 12:03 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 05:51:37AM +0000, Min Sik Kim wrote:
> >
> > Module Name:  pkgsrc
> > Committed By: minskim
> > Date:         Fri Nov 16 05:51:37 UTC 2007
> >
> > Modified Files:
> >       pkgsrc/mk/tools: tools.Darwin.mk
> >
> > Log Message:
> > Use native perl as a tool on Darwin.
>
> Please back this out. USE_TOOLS+= perl is the canonical way to depend on
> Perl and this breaks dependency handling completely.

Then I am afraid we are abusing the tools framework.  We shouldn't
assume that the tools framework adds dependencies on pkgsrc packages;
it may select native packages instead.

Regards,
Min

p.s. Please CC to me when you reply to pkgsrc-changes@ regarding my changes.