Re: mlton port and bootstrap auto-dependency

> Hallo,
> I recently committed wip/mlton.
> mlton: http://mlton.org is an optimizing sml compiler.
> I provided two bootstrapping procedures, the first needs
> smlnj and works fine but requires huge resources: more than
> 1.5 Gb memory and 3-8 hours cpu usage.
> The second procedure uses mlton itself and compiles in 15 min.
> but it does not work inside pkgsrc.
> The procedure uses include files and static libraries installed
> with mlton itself;
> I attempted to use the buildlink3 framework but buildlink3
> ignores any self-dependency.
> I browsed both the documentation and some of the mk sources
> but was not able to find the solution of this dilemma.
> Imho, since mlton is already installed as a package, buildlink3
> has no good reason to ignore the dependency and avoid building the 
> necessary symlinks.

Perhaps avoid the problem by creating a "milton-bootstrap"
package which the "milton" package proper can have a buildlink3
file pointing into?

You'd obviously have to arrange it so that both can be installed
at the same time, which may pose its own challenges.

Regards,

- Håvard

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