From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 28 14:01:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A40B1065676 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:01:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wxs@atarininja.org) Received: from syn.atarininja.org (syn.csh.rit.edu [129.21.50.215]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 478C78FC13 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:01:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by syn.atarininja.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4A86E5C3A; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:01:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:01:09 -0400 From: Wesley Shields To: stef@memberwebs.com Message-ID: <20091028140109.GB55026@atarininja.org> References: <4AE60885.1040103@memberwebs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4AE60885.1040103@memberwebs.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] Make git dependencies optional. X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:01:10 -0000 On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 02:37:25PM -0600, Stef Walter wrote: > Thanks for your work on the git port. > > When using git as a deployment mechanism, I'd like to be able to have > minimal dependencies installed on the production system. The git > developers have made git so every dependency is optional. > > This patch adds options to the port, so that with 'make config' you can > choose to not install any dependencies. The following options were added: > > PERL "Build perl based git tools" on \ > ICONV "Support for multiple character encodings" on \ > CURL "Support HTTP push and pull" on \ > > The options default to the previous state of affairs, so ports users > will by default get a git that works exactly like before. > > Some points about the patch: > > * When git is built without perl support, stubs are installed for all > perl dependent commands, so the packaging does not change greatly > with or without perl. > * When git is built without curl support, three commands are not > installed. Packaging changes slightly. > * When git is built without curl support, the expat dependency is no > longer needed. > * When git is built without iconv support, nothing changes in the > packaging. And obviously UTF-8 support is still present. > > PR: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=139993 > > Thanks in advance for considering this patch. Please let me know if > additional changes are necessary. I'd love to help you get this into > FreeBSD ports. I will review this and commit if appropriate with the next version update (which there is a PR for already). -- WXS