Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 09:59:51 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Benjamin Lutz <mail@maxlor.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Too many fonts with X.org 7.2 Message-ID: <44wsypnlew.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200705301659.54401.mail@maxlor.com> (Benjamin Lutz's message of "Wed\, 30 May 2007 16\:59\:48 %2B0200") References: <200705301659.54401.mail@maxlor.com>
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Benjamin Lutz <mail@maxlor.com> writes: > I notice that with X.org 7.2, many more fonts are installed by default. > This includes many fonts that are probably very rarely used by most > people, like font-misc-ethiopic. I would prefer not to have those fonts > installed on my system. Simply pkg_deleting them is not a satisfying > solution, since it breaks dependencies, and the next time > xorg-fonts-truetype is updated, they'll be back. > > Sooo... could maybe the number of font dependencies be reduced, or some > of them made optional? Or is there some clever (and persistent) hack to > ignore some ports? The port Makefile would need to be changed for any of these things. Feel free to submit patches (they are fairly simple changes), but I can't guarantee (from a quick search) that none of the fonts are expected by other parts of the X.org 7.2 infrastructure.
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