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Date:      Tue, 1 Feb 2000 12:51:52 -0500
From:      Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>
Cc:        Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, Dan Langille <dan@freebsddiary.org>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: skip requires X?
Message-ID:  <20000201125152.D373@argon.blackdawn.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002011238340.305-100000@picnic.mat.net>; from chuckr@picnic.mat.net on Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 12:42:07PM -0500
References:  <20000201083428.E482@argon.blackdawn.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002011238340.305-100000@picnic.mat.net>

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On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 12:42:07PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote:
> What about gd?  It's a graphics library, which is totally justified in
> having a dependency on a graphics output device (X).

gd produces images. Whether or not the images go to a file or to a monitor
shouldn't matter. The Apache ports have gd as an optional dependency.
However, gd is used in this case to produce graphics to show on the
webserver, not to show on the local machine's monitor.

-- 
Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
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