From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Feb 1 18:33:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D0923FF6 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 18:33:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA90900; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 21:32:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 21:32:48 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: Bill Fumerola Cc: Will Andrews , Dan Langille , ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: skip requires X? In-Reply-To: <20000201212336.F79328@jade.chc-chimes.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Bill Fumerola wrote: > On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 12:42:07PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > What about gd? It's a graphics library, which is totally justified in > > having a dependency on a graphics output device (X). > > No, it is not justified in doing that. What about all the *many* other ports (like the kde and gnome things) that have dependencies, such as on sound ports, that they *could be* compiled without. Like I said, Bill, you can argue that *all* ports should be restricted to their narrowest possible selves, but as things are now, gd is perfectly justified. What about taking the X dependency out of emacs, Bill. It can build without it, you know. If you try it, better get your flack jacket out. It will be wildly unpopular, but the argument is just like gd. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message