Bug 247637 - Porter's Handbook: Document that BINARY_ALIAS does not work for TEST_DEPENDS
Summary: Porter's Handbook: Document that BINARY_ALIAS does not work for TEST_DEPENDS
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Books & Articles (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Only Me
Assignee: Mateusz Piotrowski
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Reported: 2020-06-29 15:11 UTC by Mateusz Piotrowski
Modified: 2020-11-03 12:40 UTC (History)
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Description Mateusz Piotrowski freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2020-06-29 15:11:26 UTC
Let's say that I'd like to replace python with python3.8 in all the tests within a port. I cannot do it with BINARY_ALIAS, because it will fail as BINARY_ALIAS is processed way before test dependencies are extracted.
Comment 1 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2020-11-03 12:40:17 UTC
A commit references this bug:

Author: 0mp
Date: Tue Nov  3 12:39:33 UTC 2020
New revision: 54673
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/54673

Log:
  Explain why BINARY_ALIASES cannot be used for programs from TEST_DEPENDS

  PR:		247637

Changes:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefiles/chapter.xml