Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 17:50:14 GMT From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/165706: print/ghostscript9 forces dependency of dns/libidn which is really optional Message-ID: <201203051750.q25HoEVY014776@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/165706; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: pg@2lazy.ru Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, hrs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/165706: print/ghostscript9 forces dependency of dns/libidn which is really optional Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:44:01 +0900 (JST) ----Security_Multipart(Tue_Mar__6_02_44_01_2012_732)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Pavel Gubin <pg@2lazy.ru> wrote in <4F54AB2F.40703@2lazy.ru>: pg> Hiroki Sato wrote: pg> > pg> While trying to update ghostscript9-9.05 to ghostscript9-9.05_2 pg> > I pg> noticed that it wants to install dns/libidn, and found that pg> > libidn pg> dependency appeared in Makefile's CVS version 1.12 of pg> > 2012/02/29 pg> fixing inplicit dependency. pg> pg> But really gs pg> > may be configured --without-libidn, so this dep may be pg> made pg> > tunable. pg> > pg> > Why? pg> pg> Because it is optional, am I Wrong? pg> My system works well without libidn, and gs until ghostscript9-9.05_2 pg> (or _1) also works, and I verified this patch. Also I set default for pg> libidn to "on", so this should not break anything, but will allow to pg> disable unnecessary dependence if one doesn'n need it. You just do not use the PDF password feature newly added. I do not think it is unnecessary or should be optional unless it breaks other features. -- Hiroki ----Security_Multipart(Tue_Mar__6_02_44_01_2012_732)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAk9U+2EACgkQTyzT2CeTzy0jCgCfbBWkKCMO4qxiR6ot/Q7wMjyy cMMAoNjImfqneMCYO3HAU7OPinUaDzOX =tu58 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Tue_Mar__6_02_44_01_2012_732)----
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