Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 02:45:37 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Cc: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compile-only dependencies; am I rehashing an old debate? Message-ID: <20030314104537.GB1081@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20030314104030.GA11408@straylight.oblivion.bg> References: <20030312132351.O13626@odysseus.silby.com> <20030312193849.GA87298@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030312134139.N13626@odysseus.silby.com> <20030314104030.GA11408@straylight.oblivion.bg>
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On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 12:40:30PM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> The 'half bazillion ports' that seem to need imake actually have
> a library dependency on XFree86-{,4-}libraries; and the xlib port
> has a runtime dependency on imake because of the mkhtmlindex executable.
> Disclaimer: I don't know what mkhtmkindex does or why; this just serves
> to explain the world's dependence on imake, which puzzled me too at first :)
It updates the index of the html manpages that XFree86 ports like to
generate in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/html/manindex?.html.
Kris
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