#16336: Allow multiple ports to satisfy a single dependency ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: rhwood@macports.org | Owner: macports-tickets@lists.macosforge.org Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.6.0 Keywords: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Currently there is no mechanism to specify that multiple ports may satisfy a single dependency requirement. It would be nice to be able to do so. I can think of two ways this can be done: OR dependencies:: Allow dependencies to be specified in the following fashion:[[BR]]{{{port:able|baker|charlie}}}[[BR]]where the pipe is used to separate one or more ports that may satisfy a single dependency. The first port would be used if none of the ports are installed. There should be no limit to the number of pipes, nor should there be any requirement that any pipes be used (ie, no pipes = no alternate dependencies). This should also wotk with ''bin:'' and ''path:'' type dependencies. "provides" capability in ports:: Use a "provides" key to specify that a port satisfies a particular requirement. Use the name of the port if a provides keyword is not specified. For example, if port '''able-devel''' specifies that it {{{ provides able }}} then port '''able-devel''' would be able satisfy the dependency {{{ port:able }}} in another port, without that other port having to be aware of port '''able-devel''' -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/16336> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS