On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 05:51:04PM -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Will Maier wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 02:30:36PM -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote: > > > Depends on tcl-8.4.7p6, .. maybe, .. but what does X have to do > > > with git?? > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tk_%28framework%29 > > > > > Can't install tk-8.4.7p1: lib not found X11.11.1 > > > > > > Is this a broken dependency > > > > No. > > > > > or . . . ? Seems like git installed cleanly on 4.2. > > > > Are you going to send a mail to misc@ every time a package depends > > on X? > > > No, I'm sending an email to misc when a package depends on X that should > **NOT** depend on X. That's what's broken, obviously,
that's your opinion which unfortunately is not based on any kind of fact. these dependencies on X are ultimately from upstream. in the cases you've mentioned, the upstream package has dependencies on code which has dependencies on X related packages. webalizer uses gd, a graphics library. makes sense to me that a graphics library would need elements from X. git uses tk, another graphics toolkit. if you want to keep bitching about these kinds of dependencies, please go bitch at upstream. if you want to be nice and reasonable, you could ask on ports@ if it's possible to separate the dependencies. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
