Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 05:31:40 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Java without CUPS Message-ID: <20090507053140.6bf04539.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20090506221421.N3109@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <20090506221421.N3109@tripel.monochrome.org>
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On Wed, 6 May 2009 22:34:52 -0400 (EDT), Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> wrote:
> I know that, since my printer speaks Postscript, I don't need CUPS. But
> some of the ports I'm installing want to install CUPS as a dependency.
> The first one I happened across was java/jdk16, but I'd be surprised if
> there weren't more.
Just as an information: Gimp (Gutenprint) installs CUPS, allthough
I already have apsfilter (HP Laserjet 4000 PCL). When printing,
Gimp still tries to "connect to server" (lpstat).
> Could it be as simple as
> # make -DWITHOUT_CUPS install
> ? I see no such possibility in either the config options or the Makefile
> for jdk16, and google was no help.
I don't think it is possible. The Makefile lists CUPS as a build
dependency (UILD_DEPENDS):
% grep -n "cups" /usr/ports/java/jdk16Makefile
24: ${LOCALBASE}/include/cups/cups.h:${PORTSDIR}/print/cups-base
But I think it's possible to delete CUPS from the system after
JDK is compiled successfully: CUPS isn't listed in RUN_DEPENDS
so it doesn't seem to be required for running JDK / Java.
> It's not like the disk space costs anything nowadays, but I chafe at
> installing unneccesary bloat on my system. If it can't be done I'll
> deal, but I'd like to stay CUPS-free if possible.
Same here, too. :-) Philosophy behind the idea: I don't want to
install software that I don't need / don't run.
--
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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