Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:56:52 -0800 (PST) From: Joey Garcia <bear@unix.homeip.net> To: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FW: Re: ports/32321: x11/kdelibs2 installs print/cups, which then causes problems Message-ID: <20011127114342.W45046-100000@we-24-126-55-112.we.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <200111271320.fARDK3X90557@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Will Andrews wrote: > There's nothing wrong with KDE -- the whole reason I added the > CUPS dependency is because KDE has a modular print configuration > system which allows a user to pick from a variety of different > systems to use to print. One particular system you can tell it > to use is CUPS. KDE has support for using CUPS, and I figured, > since many people use it, why not? It's not necessary, of > course, for KDE to print at all. But since this is not a KDE > problem, I'm not "fixing" it. You should direct your effort at > the maintainers of CUPS/LPRng ports. Okay, so then KDE doesn't really *need* CUPS then, right? Would it be too much of a a hassle to make any *non-required* dependencies into a option. For instance, CUPS is added as a dependency if you do a "make WITH_CUPS=YES" or something like that? That would just be a quick Makefile hack, wouldn't it? I would imagine that KDE installation would be easier if all non-required dependencies could be optionalized throughout the whole KDE2 ports. Yeah - that would make the Makefiles more complicated, but it can cut down on unwanted dependencies. Any ideas on this? I can try to help. Joseph Garcia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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