Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 12:42:07 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> Cc: Dan Langille <dan@freebsddiary.org>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: skip requires X? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002011238340.305-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <20000201083428.E482@argon.blackdawn.com>
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Will Andrews wrote: > On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 09:36:24PM +1300, Dan Langille wrote: > > Please tell me I'm wrong. Does skip really need X windows in order to > > build? Is that really necessary? What about us poor sods that > > don't/can't run X? What's the best course of action to get skip > > installed? > > > > This is annoyingly similar to the webalizer issue (ports/16354). Are > > more and more ports [maintainers] assuming X? I don't think I > > understand the issue[s] enough to comment. > > The problem is that some programs that produce graphical output require > (sometimes very little) support from libX11, libXext, and others that are > normally installed through X. SKIP depends on the xview library, which > depends on XMKMF, which implies that it needs X11 libraries. > > The fact is that none of them require a full install of X. They just > require the supporting libraries. I believe Satoshi is working with some > others on a solution for this problem. > > It is quite annoyingly similar to gd, webalizer, etc.. What about gd? It's a graphics library, which is totally justified in having a dependency on a graphics output device (X). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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