Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FW: Re: ports/32321: x11/kdelibs2 installs print/cups, which then causes problems Message-ID: <200111272010.fARKA2C93901@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/32321; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> To: Joey Garcia <bear@unix.homeip.net> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, kde-freebsd@lists.csociety.org Subject: Re: FW: Re: ports/32321: x11/kdelibs2 installs print/cups, which then causes problems Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:58:39 -0500 On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 11:56:52AM -0800, Joey Garcia wrote: > 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. As I said in other emails (don't know if they were sent to FreeBSD-gnats-submit and thus ports), this only covers ports, not packages, which I suspect many people use in light of the fact that it takes a powerful machine to compile most of KDE in under 6 hours. -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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