[MacPorts] #126: dependencies need to allow inclusion of variant

[MacPorts]

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

 * cc: ryandesign at 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...

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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.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/126#comment:16>
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