Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:31:35 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, Roman Bogorodskiy <novel@freebsd.org>, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r302578 - head/security/gnutls Message-ID: <5031E7D7.6020503@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20120820020318.GA21252@FreeBSD.org> References: <201208151357.q7FDv1RK063257@svn.freebsd.org> <50315B6F.5010407@FreeBSD.org> <503161AE.8070806@FreeBSD.org> <20120820020318.GA21252@FreeBSD.org>
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On 08/19/2012 19:03, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 02:59:10PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
>> FWIW the solution I used when changing my non-leaf ports was to delete
>> pkgconf, then look at every port that depends on them and test if they
>> passed 'make configure' without any changes. Since so many things depend
>> on gnutls it may be safer to just add the dependency with a comment in
>> the Makefile to maintainers to remove it if it turns out not to be
>> necessary.
>
> Since in ports we generally prefer OpenSSL vs. GnuTLS, making it hard-coded
> dependency (when it can be optional) seems at least arguable.
I didn't mean the dependency on gnutls (eww), I meant the dependency on
pkgconf.
--
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do
something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what
I can do.
-- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)
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