On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 15:19:39 -0700, Chad Perrin <[email protected]> wrote: > Can someone enlighten me as to why the GIMP package would require > libsmbclient? This strikes me as the very height of software bloat > absurdity. Maybe I'm missing something.
Welcome to the glory of rapid application development and "modern" programming! :-) According to your question: I am confident that the SMB dependency is brought into Gimp by the gutenprint module (can't even tell you exactly what it does, may have something to do with CUPS I also don't have any use for). CUPS seems to be hardcoded into Gimp even if you don't use it (due to a normal printer). The SMB dependency is also used by several Gnome-related dependencies, such as Gnome-VFS, a part of nearly every "file open" dialog in Gtk. The /var/db/pkg/<portname>/+REQUIRED_BY file tells you about the next higher stage of dependency (maybe another library or a "primary program" - the thing you actually want to use). Note that observations like this are the reason you have to constantly buy a new computer in order to keep doing the same things at the same average speed. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
