Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:08:38 +0200 From: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/xterm Makefile pkg-plist Message-ID: <20110921210838.893ad8f0.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4E7A23D3.5070509@FreeBSD.org> References: <201103100949.p2A9nOO8057627@repoman.freebsd.org> <20110919234126.GA82010@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20110921115818.2878356b.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> <4E7A23D3.5070509@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On 09/21/2011 02:58, Emanuel Haupt wrote: > > Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> wrote: > > >> This is a bit belated but why does xterm need a hard dependency > >> on gnome? Could you please look at making this optional so that > >> those of us who don't run bloatware can turn it off. > > > > Good point. I've just committed a patch that makes the installation > > of desktop entries conditional. > > What isn't clear to me is why the installation of the desktop entry > depends on gnome at all. Why not just install the file? I ask because > (at least) xfce also uses the desktop entries, so having them is > useful for non-gnome cases as well. >From what I understand "desktopfileutils" needs to be set in (USE| WANT)_GNOME if there are *.desktop files installed. This is where some gnome dependencies are pulled in. Emanuel
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