#126: dependencies need to allow inclusion of variant ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: jpm@opendarwin.org | Owner: macports-tickets@lists.macosforge.org Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts base enhancements Component: base | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by ryandesign@macports.org): * cc: ryandesign@macports.org (added) Old description:

some ports will never be installed directly but rather as dependencies from other. it would be nice to allow the top level port to define a specific variant in its dependency rather than always dealing with the lowest common dominator...

New description: some ports will never be installed directly but rather as dependencies from other. it would be nice to allow the top level port to define a specific variant in its dependency rather than always dealing with the lowest common denominator... -- Comment: I think this bug was probably filed before any of the new PortMgr team ever heard of MacPorts. :) As least, it predates my involvement in the project, so it is nowhere on my list of things to do yet. I see Paul has been doing some work that may relate to this ticket (see r41526) but if you would like to discuss why this should be implemented and how it could be done, by all means bring it up on macports-dev. When a consensus is reached, more code can be written. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/126#comment:16> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS