Re: Cyclic dependency on NetBSD

[maya%NetBSD.org@localhost]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 08:18:38AM +0000, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
> * On 2020-12-22 at 13:35 GMT, maya%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
> 
> > I don't like this patch either.
> > Reducing PKGTOOLS_REQD is another option.
> > 
> >  	cd ../../pkgtools/pkg_install && ${PKGSRC_SETENV} ${PKGSRC_MAKE_ENV} \
> >  	    _PKGSRC_DEPS=" ${PKGNAME}${_PKGSRC_DEPS}" \
> > -	    ${MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} _AUTOMATIC=yes ${DEPENDS_TARGET:Q}; \
> > +	    ${MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} _AUTOMATIC=yes USE_CWRAPPERS=no replace; \
> 
> I think it's going to be necessary to help this mess, though I'd wrap
> it around a check for ${PKG_INFO} -qe cwrappers, as there's no need to
> penalise non-NetBSD users.
> 
> It'll also need to be revisited if and when the legacy wrappers are
> removed.

I assume the same problem would happen for bootstrapped users with a
too-old bootstrap?