Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:42:16 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: mayuresh@kathe.in Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: package : chez-scheme-9.5 : x11 dependencies : why? Message-ID: <20181022174216.e31b6f05.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <3cbeeae36d508d23eaec97715a8b8760@kathe.in> References: <3cbeeae36d508d23eaec97715a8b8760@kathe.in>
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:17:42 +0000, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > okay, so i might be getting on the nerves of some people with my > rhetoric > about unnecessary dependencies, and i am really sorry about that. > > i just don't seem to understand why a package like chez-scheme-9.5 has > to > depend upon x11 libraries; libX11, libxcb, libXdmcp, xorgproto and > libXau. > the rest, i.e. libxml2 and libpthread are understandable, but why x11? Maybe because the Chez Scheme system includes X11 support by default. Maybe you can try the port "petite-chez"? It does have much less dependencies (but I'm not sure it is functionally equivalent). > also, would like to know the method to find the name and email address > of > a package creator/maintainer so that i can contact him/her directly, > that > would be better than tormenting this mailing list, i think. ;-) > and is it possible to accomplish the above using the "pkg" tools. The easiest way is to get a ports tree using the "portsnap" tool, and then check the following two files: /usr/ports/lang/chez-scheme/pkg-descr - here you will find the general web page of the project, in this specific case, https://cisco.github.io/ChezScheme /usr/ports/lang/chez-scheme/Makefile - search for "MAINTAINER=", it will list the email adress of the corresponding FreeBSD port, here, ashish@FreeBSD.org It is also possible to do this with pkg: "pkg info -f <name>", but this only works for packages that have been installed. Again, check for the "Maintainer" entry. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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