Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:17:09 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Bob Melson <melsonr@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: A question about dependencies Message-ID: <200406291817.09503.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20040629081435.GA4372@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <40E0F356.8030603@earthlink.net> <20040629081435.GA4372@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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--Boundary-02=_FYZ4Ar8guZ/0dOG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 29 June 2004 10:14, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 10:43:02PM -0600, Bob Melson wrote: > > Briefly, I discovered on my system some 124 ports of 600+ that show > > python as a requirement. Granted that many are probably cascading > > requirements: A requires B which requires C which requires python, so A > > and B are shown to depend on it; this still seems to me to be a proble= m. > > Actually, there are just two ports that directly depend on python, and > through which the majority of those other ports you mention inherit > their python dependence. Those ports are: > > textproc/libxml2 > textproc/libxslt > > both of which are important parts of the Gnome environment. > > If you don't want python installed on your system, then there's a > simple solution. Set 'WITHOUT_PYTHON=3Dyes' in /etc/make.conf and > reinstall all of the ports that depend from those two. In the special case of python, I would agree that there are unnecessary=20 dependencies recorded - it seems libxml and libxslt do not have a runtime=20 dependency on python, just a buildtime dependency to build python bindings.= =20 However, USE_PYTHON can either record both run & buildtime dependencies non= e=20 =2D perhaps another knob is needed here. Comments? =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --Boundary-02=_FYZ4Ar8guZ/0dOG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBA4ZYFXhc68WspdLARAo1nAJ9XQGQ6uO8V6cbQvcNmcNsvH25caACfQysy WLM+TQpvGYC7UfqkUrNnNPc= =e5f3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_FYZ4Ar8guZ/0dOG--
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