Opened 16 years ago

Last modified 16 years ago

#15907 new enhancement

RFE: virtual packages

Reported by: jbarr@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Normal Milestone: MacPorts Future
Component: base Version:
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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: portsbase
Milestone: MacPorts base enhancements
Summary: No virtual packagesRFE: virtual packages
Type: defectenhancement
Version: 1.6.0

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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