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Re: Option to trim packages



Stephen Borrill wrote:
> So something like PKG_MULTIPLE_PLIST=libs devel demos and then
> PLIST.libs PLIST.devel and PLIST.demos
> It would easy to have a mk.conf option which combined the PLISTs and
> made one monolithic package (as now) - probably even on by default for
> compatibility.

I'd love to see that, but I think it should be much more than simple PLIST 
hack. For example different binary packages built from one source might 
have different runtime dependencies. Imagine audio frameworks like 
gstreamer and akode - every plugin has it's own dependencies.


-- 
Hasso Tepper


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