Re: To DEPEND on indirect dependencies or not to DEPEND

Bugs Beastie <[email protected]> writes:
> Most probably the question was discussed a lot of times, but I have
> not found a definitive answer.
>
> If an app depends on libfoo that depends on libbar:
> app -> libfoo -> libbar
> Should the port of app add LIB_DEPENDS only on libfoo or on both
> libfoo and libbar?

If the app is only linked with libfoo, the port should only list libfoo
in LIB_DEPENDS.

As a practical matter, it is safe to err on the side of shorter
LIB_DEPENDS, because you will get an error if you should also have
included libbar but didn't.

DES
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