From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 22 00:56:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27C88106564A for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 00:56:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D950C8FC1B for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 00:56:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from [192.168.1.11] ([192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4M0uLWZ036938; Thu, 21 May 2009 20:56:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 20:56:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20090507053140.6bf04539.freebsd@edvax.de> Message-ID: <20090521204319.I27769@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <20090506221421.N3109@tripel.monochrome.org> <20090507053140.6bf04539.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: Java without CUPS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 00:56:24 -0000 On Thu, 7 May 2009, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 6 May 2009 22:34:52 -0400 (EDT), Chris Hill > wrote: > >> I know that, since my printer speaks Postscript, I don't need CUPS. >> But some of the ports I'm installing want to install CUPS as a >> dependency. The first one I happened across was java/jdk16, but I'd >> be surprised if there weren't more. > > Just as an information: Gimp (Gutenprint) installs CUPS, allthough I > already have apsfilter (HP Laserjet 4000 PCL). When printing, Gimp > still tries to "connect to server" (lpstat). Ah, I didn't know that. It would be nice if they didn't assume... well, never mind. > But I think it's possible to delete CUPS from the system after > JDK is compiled successfully: CUPS isn't listed in RUN_DEPENDS > so it doesn't seem to be required for running JDK / Java. That seems like a reasonable workaround, being that I'm lazy and all :^) Thank you for being the voice of reason, and for the obscure Homer references. > Polytropon > From Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]