Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 06:20:11 GMT From: Pavel Gubin <pg@2lazy.ru> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/165706: print/ghostscript9 forces dependency of dns/libidn which is really optional Message-ID: <201203060620.q266KBcY077513@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/165706; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Pavel Gubin <pg@2lazy.ru> To: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/165706: print/ghostscript9 forces dependency of dns/libidn which is really optional Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:01:16 +0400 Hiroki Sato wrote: > pg> > may be configured --without-libidn, so this dep may be pg> > made pg> > tunable. pg> > pg> > Why? pg> pg> Because it is > optional, am I Wrong? pg> My system works well without libidn, and > gs until ghostscript9-9.05_2 pg> (or _1) also works, and I verified > this patch. Also I set default for pg> libidn to "on", so this > should not break anything, but will allow to pg> disable > unnecessary dependence if one doesn'n need it. > > You just do not use the PDF password feature newly added. I do > not think it is unnecessary or should be optional unless it breaks > other features. Yes, and I've never used any password-protected PDFs, and see no reason why this feature cannot be made optional (ON by default) if one really does not need it, if this knob will cost almost nothing. Anyway, this may be done by just checking WITH[OUT]_LIBIDN without defining additional config knob, thus it will cost nothing but a some bytes in Makefile. Again, I see no reason why make extra dependency mandatory if it is optional. -- Pavel Gubin Jabber: xmpp:pg@2lazy.ru / Phone +79218959055 / sip:pg@2lazy.ru
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