Subject: Re: Bulk build depends breakage
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Jonathan Perkin <jonathan@perkin.org.uk>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 03/20/2004 14:44:36
* On 2004-03-20 at 09:45 GMT, Jonathan Perkin wrote:

>   BULK> Marking all packages which depend upon xpm-3.4knb1 as broken:
>   [..tonnes of "broken" packages snipped..]

It appears this has since been fixed.  The bulk build version of
pkgsrc (from sometime on the 12th March) exhibits strange behaviour:

	-> cd pkgsrc/x11/gnome-libs/
	-> bmake show-var VARNAME=USE_BUILTIN.xpm
	no
	-> cd ../../graphics/xpm/
	-> bmake show-var VARNAME=USE_BUILTIN.xpm
	yes

making xpm a dependancy even though it's marked broken for already
being installed in the base system.  Current works fine:

	-> cd pkgsrc/x11/gnome-libs/
	-> make show-var VARNAME=USE_BUILTIN.xpm  
	yes

Thanks to whoever fixed it.

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Jonathan Perkin                         <jonathan@perkin.org.uk>
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