From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Mar 19 1:17:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles356.castles.com [208.214.167.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24FF514BF4 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 01:17:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA05038 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 01:11:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199903190911.BAA05038@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Port dependancies Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 01:11:22 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Just to raise an issue again; we have some ports with truly absurd dependancy webs. Many of these explcit dependancies are of the "optional" nature, where the depended article isn't actually required. As a case in point, I offer you apsfilter. Would anyone care to explain why the build process for this innocent shellscript that manages printer queues should need an MPEG-2 codec or a TrueType font rendering addon module for X? This transcends "absurd". -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message