Opened 16 years ago
Last modified 16 years ago
#15907 new enhancement
RFE: virtual packages
| Reported by: | jbarr@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | MacPorts Future |
| Component: | base | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
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Description
Hi,
I want to create a Portfile that just has a set of dependencies, but no new package of its own. This is so I can make a prebuilt binary package of a set of software to install. As far as I can tell, there is no way to create a Portfile that is like a virtual package.
Change History (1)
comment:1 Changed 16 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)
| Component: | ports → base |
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| Milestone: | → MacPorts base enhancements |
| Summary: | No virtual packages → RFE: virtual packages |
| Type: | defect → enhancement |
| Version: | 1.6.0 |
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Actually you can fake a virtual package quite easily. See for example the gimp and gnome ports. It would be nice to have 'real' virtual packages, so I'll leave this open as an enhancement request for that.