Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:29:03 GMT From: Nik Clayton <nik@crf-consulting.co.uk> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/50173: kde3 port needs more tunable build knobs Message-ID: <200303211629.h2LGT3NG062380@clan.nothing-going-on.org>
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>Number: 50173 >Category: ports >Synopsis: kde3 port needs more tunable build knobs >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 21 08:30:04 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nik Clayton >Release: FreeBSD 4.8-RC i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD clan.nothing-going-on.org 4.8-RC FreeBSD 4.8-RC #1: Wed Mar 19 21:04:24 GMT 2003 nik@clan.nothing-going-on.org:/local/1/usr/src/sys/compile/CLAN i386 >Description: The kde3 meta port doesn't provide enough tunable knobs to control what does and does not get built. It blindly adds kdegames, koffice, kdegraphics, and kdemultimedia to the list of dependencies. This inflates the build times for the port, and potentially installs software with functionality that duplicates existing large packages. For example, if the end user plans on running OpenOffice, they're unlikely to want or need koffice. Similarly, if the machine doesn't have a soundcard, much of kdemultimedia is going to be superfluous. I can understand wanting to provide a complete KDE desktop 'out of the box' with all the bells and whistles. However, that shouldn't prevent more experienced admins from being able to pick and choose which components they want to install. >How-To-Repeat: N/A >Fix: Add a collection of documented, tunable knobs to kde3/Makefile.kde. I'd suggest something like WITH_KOFFICE WITH_KDEMULTIMEDIA WITH_KDEGRAPHICS WITH_KDEGAMES as a reasonable start. If there's agreement that this is useful I'll gladly submit a patch. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports-bugs" in the body of the message
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