Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 22:02:47 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lu=EDs?= Fernando Schultz Xavier da Silveira <schultz@ime.usp.br> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unexpected dependencies of graphics/libGL Message-ID: <20160117220247.69e6774f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20160117162018.964db3b1f2f2133242773e78@ime.usp.br> References: <20160117031923.ce1f36547351bf07b6fff9a0@ime.usp.br> <20160117070715.1c33732b.freebsd@edvax.de> <20160117162018.964db3b1f2f2133242773e78@ime.usp.br>
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On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 16:20:18 +0000, Lu=EDs Fernando Schultz Xavier da Silve= ira wrote: > Hi, >=20 > To me, using ports is a must. Okay, so pkg is not an option here. > What I have been doing is not updating the offending ports. > This is not only annoying but also not a proper solution. > I think I will send an email to the maintainer of the port. I think this is a good idea. The port maintainer should differentiate more precisely between B-Deps and R-Deps, and when dependencies aren't needed for actually running the program, they shouldn't be there in the first place. Selectable port options are a comfortable way to deal with this problem. --=20 Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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