Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 10:44:04 +0100 From: Ruben <mail@osfux.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing git draws a lot of dependencies Message-ID: <f5d8c7f0-6ab5-5659-1c1b-6f07a9cccfce@osfux.nl> In-Reply-To: <77e28e72-57e7-f03e-b352-96dc066932f9@casidy.com> References: <77e28e72-57e7-f03e-b352-96dc066932f9@casidy.com>
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Hi Philippe, Have you looked at the dependencies involved with installing git-lite ? Looks like a better fit for your sd-card. Regards, Ruben On 2/2/21 10:22 AM, freebsd@casidy.com wrote: > Hi guys, > > Can you point me to a discussion explaining why we have to keep up with > sooo many dependencies? > > I assume this matter was address many times and I don't want to directly > bring up the topic... again. > > > I have just installed FreeBSD12 on a new system. First thing I want to > reinstall is git. > > But I can't believe what I am reading, when I do 'pkg install git' I can > see a lot of dependencies where I can't see the relationship with git. > > Installing git will have, amongst others... > > * bash I don't need that > * perl5 Come on! I just want git! > * python What? Why do you need Perl5 in the first place? > * subversion Git is using subversion??? > * tpm-emulator Emulator of what? > > Installing git will consume up to 367 MiB of my SDCard on my Pi... > > Yeah, I know it's not new. Just want to know what is the very good > reason behind that. > > Thanks for enlighting me. > > Philippe > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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