Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:06:55 -0400 From: Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@gmail.com> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Too many binary packages are missing Message-ID: <AANLkTi=pP=dxQtwq4v%2B1ybzNHL1uhf5_n2c0sAj6MP_k@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4CB5F3BA.6050801@rawbw.com> References: <4CB5E081.8070809@rawbw.com> <20101013175107.GA74687@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4CB5F3BA.6050801@rawbw.com>
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> wrote: > On 10/13/2010 10:51, Frank Shute wrote: > >> gcc is in base as cc(1). There are a metric ton of qt4 ports and they >> are not basic in that they are not required if you don't use KDE or >> its applications. >> >> > > Base has 4.2.1 and not updating (waiting for LLVM conversion maybe). So > many ports require various gcc versions to be installed. Mostly to build > them at buildtime, and libraries at runtime. And turns out that binaries for > these extra gcc packages are missing for some reason. > > And QT is one of the major graphics toolkits. Various random packages use > them as well as KDE. Pretty basic thing. > > It's a case of having space on the servers IIRC. >> >> Also some require too many options to be set at build time (probably >> the problem with qt). I know it's the reason why OO.o is not packaged >> - too many languages& other options. >> >> > > I am not sure how Debian packages handle this. They seem to support all the > same options and are always in binaries. > I think it would be nice if at least one binary package was available with the most "typical" dependencies. For example, I am not a native English speaker, but I would not mind using the English version OO if I could download it as a binary package... Just my $0.02... > Yuri > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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