Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:00:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Udo Schweigert <Udo.Schweigert@siemens.com> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/65887: mutt and mutt-devel can silently depend on libiconv Message-ID: <200404221500.i3MF0keF047666@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/65887; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Udo Schweigert <Udo.Schweigert@siemens.com> To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> Cc: Udo Schweigert <Udo.Schweigert@siemens.com>, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/65887: mutt and mutt-devel can silently depend on libiconv Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:55:13 +0200 On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 18:49:19 +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 03:53:29PM +0200, Udo Schweigert wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 17:32:57 +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > >>>Fix: > >> An easy way is to add ``USE_ICONV=yes'' to the mutt Makefiles. > >> A harder approach is to implement conditional dependencies > >> within the ports framework, that is to let ports tell, > >> "I could use the port foo if it were installed already; > >> never mind otherwise." >> >> One could also choose to use the --disable-iconv option of mutt's configure. > > By itself it's more to amputation than to a solution :-) > Mutt's using libiconv is a valuable feature for users whose native > alphabet falls beyond Latin-1. And specifying --disable-iconv would > inhibit mutt from using libiconv even if it is installed. Isn't that a contradiction to WITHOUT_NLS? Udo Schweigert -- Udo Schweigert, Siemens AG | Voice : +49 89 636 42170 CT IC CERT, Siemens CERT | Fax : +49 89 636 41166 D-81730 München / Germany | email : Udo.Schweigert@siemens.com
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