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Date:      Sun, 19 May 2013 13:30:02 GMT
From:      Raphael Kubo da Costa <rakuco@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/177992: new port: astro/garmindev Garmin device drivers for QLandkarteGT
Message-ID:  <201305191330.r4JDU2PU006707@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR ports/177992; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Raphael Kubo da Costa <rakuco@FreeBSD.org>
To: Christoph Moench-Tegeder <cmt@burggraben.net>
Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: ports/177992: new port: astro/garmindev Garmin device drivers for QLandkarteGT
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 16:20:07 +0300

 Christoph Moench-Tegeder <cmt@burggraben.net> writes:
 
 > ## Raphael Kubo da Costa (rakuco@FreeBSD.org):
 >
 >> Are you sure qlandkartegt is actually a run-time dependency of this
 >> port? From what I understood, isn't this port a run-time dependency of
 >> qlandkartegt?
 >> 
 >> Additionally, don't you need USE_LDCONFIG=yes in the Makefile?
 >
 > I'd say this port is a set of plugins (or the like) for qlandkartegt.
 > QlankarteGT runs fine without garmindev (it doesn't need to talk to
 > your garmin, or you don't even have a supported garmin device - the
 > qlandkartegt package as it is now works without garmindev, too); but
 > the garmindev package is pretty much worthless without qlandkartegt.
 > For the same reason (plugin, not "real" library), we don't need to
 > call ldconfig. I tested the package with my eTrex and "everything
 > works for me" (as far as the garmin protocol allows).
 
 OK. From what you say, even though garmindev without qlandkarteg does
 not serve any purpose, it still sounds like it is qlandkarteg's run-time
 behavior that changes if garmindev is installed, not the other way
 around. Would you be fine with removing the RUN_DEPENDS line?



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