Ports are primarily for building packages, and we want those builds to
be repeatable rather than change depending on what you've got installed.
If you want the easier user experience, use packages where possible.
On 2011/02/09 16:19, Pascal Stumpf wrote:
> Hi ports@,
>
> found the following in devel/jdk/java.port.mk:
>
> [...]
>
> .elif ${MODJAVA_VER} == "1.3+" || ${MODJAVA_VER} == "1.4+"
> ONLY_FOR_ARCHS?= i386 amd64
> . if ${NO_BUILD:L} != "yes"
> JAVA_HOME= ${LOCALBASE}/jdk-1.5.0
> BUILD_DEPENDS+= jdk->=1.5.0,<1.6:devel/jdk/1.5
> . endif
>
> [...]
>
> So, I’m curious: Why would MODJAVA_VER = 1.[34]+ imply ‘jdk 1.5 only’?
> This behaviour is essentially the same for 1.[56]+ too, setting
> RUN_DEPENDS as expected but forcing a specific jdk version for
> BUILD_DEPENDS. Can someone please explain if/why this is intended?
>
> IMO, for MODJAVA_VER = x.y+, it should detect whether a jdk is already
> present on the system, and use that as both BUILD_DEPENDS and
> RUN_DEPENDS (and if not, prompt the user to install the jdk-1.7 package).
>
> Cheers,
> Pascal
>
