Re: Multiple/Split Master Sites?

[Jon Buller <jon%Bullers.Net@localhost>]

Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> Instead of fetching an existing binary package, just BUILD_DEPENDS on that 
> package. And then run it from where it is installed. Now if it installs to 
> same place as new package or conflicts, then adjust one or both so they 
> can be installed at same time.

Uhm, I think I'm missing something in your explanation.

If I make lang/sbcl build-depend on lang/sbcl-boot, what will build 
lang/sbcl-boot?  Will it depend on itself, on lang/sbcl-bootboot, or 
maybe on lang/sbcl itself?  After all it's the same package, just with a 
different name.  That duplication seems less than desirable.  And  if 
the two depend on each other, what happens if neither is installed and I 
try to build one of them.

Or is lang/sbcl-boot simply a fetch binary and install it thing that 
doesn't actually build anything?  In that case it seems like a lot of 
overkill for what needs to be done.  What would you do with lang/gcc if 
there were no C compiler either in the OS, as a pre-installed package, 
or in the bootstrap-pkgsrc part of things?  Sure you can download the 
source, but without a compiler, what good is it?

Jon