Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:30:25 +0200 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/67970: ports textproc/libxml, textproc/libxslt: bogus dependencies on devel/pkgconfig Message-ID: <40CECFC1.2040109@fillmore-labs.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200406151230.i5FCUGHL084269@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 67970 >Category: ports >Synopsis: ports textproc/libxml, textproc/libxslt: bogus dependencies on devel/pkgconfig >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jun 15 12:30:16 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Oliver Eikemeier >Release: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE i386 >Organization: Fillmore Labs - http://www.fillmore-labs.com >Environment: System: FreeBSD nuuk.fillmore-labs.com 4.9-STABLE >Description: although those ports work perfectly fine without devel/pkgconfig, they record a run-time dependency on this port. This has multiple nonconstructive effects: - users are forced to fetch, build and install ports they don't need. - users are hindered to delete a package they don't need - users a forced to update packages that don't use pkgconfig when pkgconfigs version number is bumped. Generally in FreeBSD dependencies denominate build- or runtime requirements. So ports that *install* .la files don't run-time depend on devel/libtool, ports that install a C++ library compiled with gcc33 do not run-time depend on lang/gcc33. I would expect client applications that require pkgconfig to build to build-depend on devel/pkgconfig, and only if they actually use it during runtime to run-depend on this port. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: remove USE_GNOME= pkgconfig from textproc/libxml/Makefile >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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