deps that are installed in non-/opt locations

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 2, 2006, at 11:09, Sancho McCann wrote:

> How does MacPorts keept track of packages installed on the system  
> that aren't in /opt/local/, like X11. I am wondering, because  
> rather then making use of the autoconf and automake that are  
> already in OS X with the developer tools installed, MacPorts builds  
> its own.

The reason MacPorts builds its own versions of things Apple already  
provides is explained here:

http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/wiki/ 
FAQ#WhyisMacPortsusingitsownlibraries