From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Nov 27 11:56: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from we-24-126-55-112.we.mediaone.net (we-24-126-55-112.we.mediaone.net [24.126.55.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFA5037B419 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:55:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from unix.homeip.net (opipkn@unix.homeip.net [24.126.55.112]) by we-24-126-55-112.we.mediaone.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fARJuqZ52758; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:56:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bear@unix.homeip.net) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:56:52 -0800 (PST) From: Joey Garcia X-X-Sender: bear@we-24-126-55-112.we.mediaone.net To: Will Andrews Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FW: Re: ports/32321: x11/kdelibs2 installs print/cups, which then causes problems In-Reply-To: <200111271320.fARDK3X90557@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: <20011127114342.W45046-100000@we-24-126-55-112.we.mediaone.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Will Andrews wrote: > There's nothing wrong with KDE -- the whole reason I added the > CUPS dependency is because KDE has a modular print configuration > system which allows a user to pick from a variety of different > systems to use to print. One particular system you can tell it > to use is CUPS. KDE has support for using CUPS, and I figured, > since many people use it, why not? It's not necessary, of > course, for KDE to print at all. But since this is not a KDE > problem, I'm not "fixing" it. You should direct your effort at > the maintainers of CUPS/LPRng ports. Okay, so then KDE doesn't really *need* CUPS then, right? Would it be too much of a a hassle to make any *non-required* dependencies into a option. For instance, CUPS is added as a dependency if you do a "make WITH_CUPS=YES" or something like that? That would just be a quick Makefile hack, wouldn't it? I would imagine that KDE installation would be easier if all non-required dependencies could be optionalized throughout the whole KDE2 ports. Yeah - that would make the Makefiles more complicated, but it can cut down on unwanted dependencies. Any ideas on this? I can try to help. Joseph Garcia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message