Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:13:15 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Alex Goncharov <alex-goncharov@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (Very) bogus package dependencies Message-ID: <20071207001315.GA58050@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <E1J0Q3W-0000NQ-D9@[24.61.20.41]> References: <E1J0Q3W-0000NQ-D9@[24.61.20.41]>
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On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 06:22:58PM -0500, Alex Goncharov wrote: > There has been a point recently made on a `freebsd-' list about > unnecessary dependencies of the `xorg-server' package, it being > dependent on `gnome' and `hal', for example. That's a valid point and > I am with those who don't want this dependency to exist -- but at > least this dependency can be somehow justified. > > But I cannot find any justification for this: > > -------------------- > $ pkg_info -R cdrtools* > Information for cdrtools-2.01_6: > > Required by: > hal-0.5.8.20070909 > xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2_1 > xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3 > xf86-video-i810-1.6.5_3 > xf86-video-radeonhd-1.0.0 > xorg-server-1.4_3,1 > -------------------- > > `xf86-video-radeonhd-1.0.0' requires `cdrtools'?... > > How can this happen? Am I missing something? It looks like an ordinary indirect dependency. The drivers as well as the xorg-server all require 'hal'. 'hal' depends on 'cdrtools'. (It may be that the drivers only depend on xorg-server, which does depend on hal.) As for why 'hal' requires 'cdrtools' I have no idea, but there is probably some reason for it. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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