Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 10:07:10 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: vegacap@i.com.ua Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, Jim Mock <jim@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/irc/xchat Makefile Message-ID: <200207011707.g61H7AP3006823@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <3D207449.FD9306B7@FreeBSD.org> References: <200206302228.g5UMSBnu053305@freefall.freebsd.org> <200207011108.09435.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <3D207449.FD9306B7@FreeBSD.org>
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--==_Exmh_-1360471312P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > On Sunday 30 June 2002 06:28 pm, Jim Mock wrote: > > = jim 2002/06/30 15:28:11 PDT > > = > > = Modified files: > > = irc/xchat Makefile > > = Log: > > = Add a WITH_PYTHON knob. > > > > Thanks! This reminds me of the the textproc/libxml2 and > > textproc/libxslt, which require Python by default, and should, IMO, be > > reverted to making the use of Python optional. This ports are required > > by both KDE and Gnome, which are general purpose desktop environments > > and do not otherwise need Python to function, AFAIK. > > This is wrong. GNOME2 core bits (libglade2) require libxml2 with > Python support, so that if Python support will be opt-in it would be > impossible to build GNOME2 packages on bento or on user's machine > without WITH_PYTHON flag being set explicitly. The problem with this situation is that libxml2 and libxslt are also required by the DocProj toolchain, which has absolutely no dependence on Python whatsoever. I only discovered this when release builds suddenly started requiring Python some months ago. :-p (Yes, I learned about WITHOUT_PYTHON.) Bruce. --==_Exmh_-1360471312P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE9IIw+2MoxcVugUsMRAlurAKCQHWILXsuahEuGfBfheeo06fHqBgCfee6A sOAxfhutln5LSsU2Q8lAQN4= =wXdE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1360471312P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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