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Date:      Wed, 26 Jul 2017 10:08:28 +0200
From:      Torsten Zuehlsdorff <tz@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: libidn2 drags in ruby and friends
Message-ID:  <2239c1dc-931c-3c64-ffc2-95fac3fd45aa@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <m2lgnbn04b.wl-randy@psg.com>
References:  <m2lgnbn04b.wl-randy@psg.com>

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On 26.07.2017 09:11, Randy Bush wrote:
> it just wanted an upgrade of libidn2, but decided to install ruby and
> all her friends
> 
>      ===>>> The following actions will be taken if you choose to proceed:
>              Upgrade libidn2-2.0.2 to libidn2-2.0.3
>              Install textproc/rubygem-ronn
>              Install devel/ruby-gems
>              Install lang/ruby23
>              Install devel/libunwind
>              Install devel/rubygem-mustache
>              Install textproc/rubygem-rdiscount
>              Install www/rubygem-hpricot
> 
> /usr/ports/dns/libidn2/Makefile:
> 
>      BUILD_DEPENDS=  ronn:textproc/rubygem-ronn
> 
> All that just to build manual pages and i can not even opt out?  this is
> not helpful.

ronn is an official build dependency. So its not false.

Yes it is "only" for man-pages - but they are important. But i get your 
point. If you provide a patch or at least a PR we can surely find a 
solution to make man/ronn optional.

Greetings,
Torsten
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