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  • From: Sergey A Lipnevich <sergeyli AT pisem.net>
  • To: eric AT sandall.us
  • Cc: sm-sorcery AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Sorcery]asking about optional_depends in DEPENDS
  • Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 16:31:23 -0400

You're right that that used to be the case. I was just trying to make sure that it's not false memory :-). I'll look into that...
Thanks!

Sergey.

Eric Sandall wrote:

Hi guys!

Sometimes, even if the spell which is in optional_depends, is installed,
I still want this specific dependency to be disabled (e.g. php couldn't
depend on mm when built for apache2). Optional_depends enables such
dependencies automatically, so in my case, php doesn't cast. Does it
sound like a good option if sorcery introduces another parameter to
optional_depends, "y/n"-style, and asks an admin about each
`optional_depends' spell whether s/he wants current spell to depend on
it or not? E.g., in my case, if php has `optional_depends mm', I'd be
asked if I want mm's instructions "--with-mm" in my $OPTS or not, no
matter if mm is installed. I hope you get the point :-).
Thanks!

Sergey.


optional_depends already does this (it does this for me), even if you have
a spell installed which is an optional_depends, you are asked again
whether you want the option. What you describe is attributed to
auto_depends (which is now taken out), which would _not_ query the SA if
the spell was already installed and would automagically put it in $OPTS.

Try 'cast -r php' to have it re-query, for it probably saved your answers
from last time.

-One of Four
a.k.a. sandalle







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