Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 11:13:02 -0600 From: Greg Kennedy <kennedy.greg@gmail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD Port: gifsicle-1.90 Message-ID: <CAN1%2BP_17-t3V2h%2BCWupnY7DFkji8VsHjgTYyTXEzb4TiMUCUnA@mail.gmail.com>
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Two issues with this port.
* There is a new version of this upstream, gifsicle 1.91.
* The default config for gifsicle is to include X11 (graphics) support.
With this option enabled, you get an additional application "/bin/gifview",
which simply lets you view a GIF file in X. This also pulls in a number of
x11 dependencies. And, because this is the default FreeBSD config, it
causes the package to be built dependent on X.
libX11: 1.6.5,1
xproto: 7.0.31
libxcb: 1.12_2
libXdmcp: 1.1.2
libXau: 1.0.8_3
libpthread-stubs: 0.4
kbproto: 1.0.7
Most users DO NOT need this feature: gifsicle is primarily intended for use
on servers as a means to lossless-optimize GIF images and save bandwidth.
End users who need a gif viewer will almost certainly never use gifview
provided by gifsicle, and instead simply use a web browser, or other image
viewer.
I suggest that the port Makefile be modified so that OPTIONS_DEFAULT is
empty instead of containing X11.
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