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Date:      Sat, 16 Mar 2024 16:36:58 -0500
From:      Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com>
To:        freeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Why Does bind Have So Many Dependencies
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On 3/16/24 15:54, robert@rrbrussell.com wrote:
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> To rebuild the manpages and other documentation from source requires groff and a few other tools. Portmaster can uninstall build dependencies that aren’t in the run dependencies list after installation of the port. ```pkg autoremove``` will also remove unneeded build dependencies. The last option is using poudrière. ```pkg install``` will only pull in the needed runtime dependencies.
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> I am assuming don’t want to use the default package repository.

Yes, I've deleted the offending unneeded dependencies with "pgk autoremove".

I think my central question is really why the port installation even attempts
to install these if I indicate that I do not want docs in the initial config menu.




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