Re: confusion regarding .include vs DEPENDS

["Johnny C. Lam" <jlam%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

Larson, Timothy E. wrote:
> When reading chapter 10 of the pkgsrc doco, I am confused about including
> the buildlink3 file vs having DEPENDS in the makefile.  The doco seems to
> indicate a preference to using buildlink3 files, but how do you specify a
> minimum version for the dependency that way?  I don't want to force
> dependencies to be updated when it's not necessary.

You want to include a dependency's buildlink3.mk files *only* if the 
package links against libraries provided by the dependency.  Otherwise, 
use DEPENDS.

See Juan's reply for how to set the version for a buildlink3.mk file.

        Cheers,

        -- Johnny C. Lam