Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 18:08:53 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org, Koop Mast <kwm@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Grandfather dependencies completely out of control Message-ID: <4BDE2225.30805@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4BDDFC70.1040609@freebsd.org> References: <4BDD1728.8080903@FreeBSD.org> <1272795699.58527.26.camel@headache.rainbow-runner.nl> <4BDDEC67.7090808@FreeBSD.org> <4BDDFC70.1040609@freebsd.org>
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On 05/02/10 15:28, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On 5/2/10 5:19 PM, Doug Barton wrote: >> On 05/02/10 03:21, Koop Mast wrote: >>> One of the scripts provided by devel/glib20 is a perl script. That is the reason why >>> we need perl. >> >> Thanks for the response, couple things come to mind. First, how many >> things actually make use of those perl/python scripts? If the number is >> small they should probably be OPTIONS that default to off, or slave >> ports as Thomas suggested. > > The script (glib-mkenums) is actually very important to almost all ports > which depend on glib. Yes, what Thomas suggested could be done with > some considerable work. What might be better is to have someone versed > in shell scripting translate this script to sh. I think the GNOME guys > would be fine to accept that. Please note that I'm not overwhelmingly interested in this particular case. I'm more concerned about the general problem of grandfather dependencies. Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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