Contents 1. [**1** Overview of dependencies, variants and blockers](macports-dependencies-overview.html#TOC-Overview-of-dependencies-variants-and-blockers) 1. [**1.1** Installing Graphviz](macports-dependencies-overview.html#TOC-Installing-Graphviz) 2. [**1.2** Using pd_portviz to generate a graph](macports-dependencies-overview.html#TOC-Using-pd_portviz-to-generate-a-graph) 1. [**1.2.1** Preliminary](macports-dependencies-overview.html#TOC-Preliminary) 2. [**1.2.2** An example across rrdtool dependencies](macports-dependencies-overview.html#TOC-An-example-across-rrdtool-dependencies) 3. [**1.2.3** Purity?](macports-dependencies-overview.html#TOC-Purity-) 3. [**1.3** Miscellaneous](macports-dependencies-overview.html#TOC-Miscellaneous) 2. [**2** Ressources](macports-dependencies-overview.html#TOC-Ressources)

Graphviz is an opensource graph visualization software from AT&T Laboratories and Bell Laboratories (Lucent Technologies).

Not so common to beginning (instead of ending) with a "snake eating his tail", we will use graphviz from MacPorts to track dependencies and other information.   port install graphviz +the_variants_you_need

or grab and compile the source from graphviz.org.

Note: On Mac OS X, Pixelglow is a nice a front-end, you can even see the graph being built in real-time.

The pd_portviz tool is available in the svn or hg trunk location.

A rudimentary legend is generated in the DOT language:

Three kinds of dependencies can be found in MacPorts:

• Build dependencies
• Library dependencies
• Runtime dependencies Sometimes there isn't any dependency, or the port is not installed ("Not here" in the legend), so we cannot scrutinize the content since there is no content. When a port is already installed, the content is examined in order to find and count "current blocker". Also, notice any variant explicitly given will be detected (if available) and highlighted on any dependencies.

An example of hierarchical overview of rrdtool dependencies, where glib2 (18 problematic objects) is identified as "impure":

Here the current script output:

./pd_portviz.sh rrdtool +puredarwin

Generate dependencies graphs of rrdtool +puredarwin

 Legend:

 1 + foo (variant_x1, ..., variant_xn)

 2 |`. bar (variant_y1, ..., variant_yn)               No dependency found

 2 |`+ baz impure! /Blocker_1 -> file_involved_1       Impurity detected

 2 |`+ baz impure! /Blocker_. -> file_involved_.       Impurity detected

 2 |`+ baz impure! /Blocker_n -> file_involved_n       Impurity detected

 2 |`+ baz (variant_z1, ..., variant_zn)               Has Dependenc{y|ies}

 3 | |`- dependency_bar ()                             Already processed

Now generating dependencies tree and checking for ``purity'', please wait...

 1 + rrdtool (universal python)

 2 |`. XFree86 (darwin puredarwin macosx)

 2 |`+ xrender (universal)

 3 | |`- XFree86 ()

 3 | |`+ render ()

 4 | | |`. pkgconfig (universal darwin_6)

 2 |`. expat (universal no_static examples)

 2 |`+ fontconfig (universal doc vera macosx)

 3 | |`+ libiconv (universal darwin_7 darwin_8 freebsd linux disable_utf8mac disable_extra_encodings enable_cp932fix)

 4 | | |`. gperf (universal)

 3 | |`- expat ()

 3 | |`+ freetype (universal bytecode doc)

 4 | | |`. zlib (universal examples)

 2 |`- freetype ()

 2 |`+ glib2 (universal puredarwin darwin powerpc darwin_6 darwin_9)

 3 | |`- pkgconfig ()

 3 | |`+ gettext (universal darwin_6)

 4 | | |`- libiconv ()

 4 | | |`+ ncurses (universal freebsd)

 5 | | | |`. ncursesw (universal)

 4 | | |`- expat ()

 3 | |`- libiconv ()

 3 | |`. perl5.8 (darwin threads shared darwin_8 darwin_9)

 2 |`- libiconv ()

 2 |`- gettext ()

 2 |`+ pango (universal no_x11)

 3 | |`- pkgconfig ()

 3 | |`- glib2 ()

 3 | |`- XFree86 ()

 3 | |`+ Xft2 (universal)

 4 | | |`- pkgconfig ()

 4 | | |`+ xorg-xproto ()

 5 | | | |`+ xorg-util-macros ()

 6 | | | | |`- pkgconfig ()

 4 | | |`- zlib ()

 4 | | |`- xrender ()

 4 | | |`- freetype ()

 4 | | |`- fontconfig ()

 4 | | |`- expat ()

 3 | |`+ cairo (universal glitz no_x11 macosx)

 4 | | |`- pkgconfig ()

 4 | | |`. libpixman (universal)

 4 | | |`- xrender ()

 4 | | |`- fontconfig ()

 4 | | |`- freetype ()

 4 | | |`+ libpng (universal)

 5 | | | |`- zlib ()

 4 | | |`- render ()

 4 | | |`- zlib ()

 4 | | |`- expat ()

 3 | |`- fontconfig ()

 2 |`- cairo ()

 2 |`- perl5.8 ()

 2 |`. tcl (universal threads memdebug)

 2 |`- zlib ()

 2 |`- libpng ()

 2 |`+ libxml2 (universal debug)

 3 | |`- libiconv ()

 3 | |`- zlib ()

Generation of rrdtool.dot complete.

Now drawing graphs from rrdtool.dot, please wait...

Generation of rrdtool_directed.png complete.

Generation of rrdtool_circular.png complete.

Generation of rrdtool_radial.png complete.

Generation of rrdtool_undirected.png complete.

Generation of rrdtool_undirectedBIS.png complete.

The dot file, then five PNG graphs are generated.

• rrdtool.dot
• rrdtool_directed.png
• rrdtool_circular.png
• rrdtool_radial.png
• rrdtool_undirected.png
• rrdtool_undirectedBIS.png

The directed (hierarchical) view:

The circular view:

The radial view:

The first undirected view:

The second undirected view:

Here an example of impurities detected in a port:

[...]

 1 + graphviz impure! /ApplicationServices.framework -> /Applications/MacPorts/Graphviz.app/Contents/Frameworks/graphviz.framework/graphviz 

 1 + graphviz impure! /ApplicationServices.framework -> /Applications/MacPorts/Graphviz.app/Contents/Frameworks/graphviz.framework/Versions/A/graphviz 

 1 + graphviz impure! /Cocoa.framework -> /Applications/MacPorts/Graphviz.app/Contents/MacOS/Graphviz 

 1 + graphviz (universal darwin_6 darwin_7 darwin_8 darwin_9 guile lua ocaml perl php python ruby tcl smyrna no_pangocairo no_x11 gui)

[...]

And the corresponding result:

Also, see the purity checking page.

Illustration of irony?

Why is it hard to compile a "pure" kde3?

Why is it also hard to compile a "pure" gnome?

http://www.graphviz.org