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also some pre-supported dependency variables for common cases,
plus a few more to control the behavior of dependencies.
+
+ When software has extra dependencies that provide extra
+ features, the base dependencies listed in
+ *_DEPENDS should
+ include the extra dependencies that would benefit most users.
+ The base dependencies should never be a minimal
+ dependency set. The goal is not to include every dependency
+ possible. Only include those that will benefit most
+ people.
+
+
LIB_DEPENDS