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Ticket #15907 (new enhancement)

Opened 5 months ago

Last modified 5 months ago

RFE: virtual packages

Reported by: jbarr@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Normal Milestone: MacPorts base enhancements
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

Changed 5 months ago by jmr@…

  • type changed from defect to enhancement
  • summary changed from No virtual packages to RFE: virtual packages
  • component changed from ports to base
  • version 1.6.0 deleted
  • milestone set to MacPorts base enhancements

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.

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