Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 15:08:51 -0400 From: Joseph Mingrone <jrm@FreeBSD.org> To: ports@FreeBSD.org, Yuri <yuri@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: math/R: Is LIBR really needed? Message-ID: <86o9nzxv3w.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> In-Reply-To: <411afdb5-9733-24bc-8b96-c6e946be16ff@freebsd.org> (yuri@freebsd.org's message of "Sat, 18 Nov 2017 10:20:18 -0800") References: <411afdb5-9733-24bc-8b96-c6e946be16ff@freebsd.org>
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--=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain [quoted with Yuri's permission] Yuri <yuri@freebsd.org> writes: > Setting LIBR=off causes lib/R/lib/libR.so to disappear. This makes it > difficult for ports depending on math/R (like RStudio) to set port > dependencies. Is it really important to have the ability to use only > the static library? In case it isn't important, maybe you could delete > LIBR? I think it could be OK to remove the option and always build the shared library. Some potential concerns: - This is not upstream's default. - Upstream warns of possible performance penalties [1,2]. - Users currently without the shared library will have to reinstall R packages the next time they update math/R. [1] https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html#Configuration-options [2] https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html#DOCF57 Joseph --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKTBAEBCgB9FiEEVbCTpybDiFVxIrrVNqQMg7DW754FAloQhURfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDU1 QjA5M0E3MjZDMzg4NTU3MTIyQkFENTM2QTQwQzgzQjBENkVGOUUACgkQNqQMg7DW 756jyA/+Obz1BeRFurviFEirnhCk7UlyvdcF54NX00mWyEVOhd3qRgx/K0MjbDlH bnXWH+p0G+8ET22iZESv6Juv8RhgpL4xsTbboEPPzNXy8zFrOmv9ASZ93on6QGW3 j+761k8X+z0gGL4He4A0PFFX7Nl43llynFd/AXmxHOlWRihycK0VrAvP9gzTi5MD K+1KqLiSu0I3jKqiXVji6S42iTu9Nl5R67oq9k/+YKISJ/MrE/mNVNvUyNaFktv0 LzMht6OPDLWGA6J+Pzqyzs0kxOy7cnxNwyg+w7foyj5kzlxQsgZT+aaxrBO9to9c OBREG/oQuSKjuxG48ZS+A1vFmCWqr7Y51P6yYhmisGVTUCqPSwVb3QIWntV2b55n iRavlmDYIiPi8tavZwgNXPB8VdI5f8cRjJkgdzHT0bZPca6gn8kgG6eanGSPb4my whaSD/iipy5zyOEsrTIlo4rOZ6NSxE1meUW0TPYOVg+cGRWUXx0xmOePA5Q4Wb+B jPqjevH8DjJSUcHeYYPdwybMTS6VwwXzZ2ftFhDVp++5VfwL1xN3wZno6L6JFtzw HreB7j7rqd1cKbPisknqPfcJre6EsPz8S+rKLK++banjXZGvVwbXxd5sTNNOK1hf 5CD2oBbpelekwceDwZ/MGz5DvgAtnEFlQ+Wy32dOEzDQU5/L8FY= =otBy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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