On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 04:33:46PM -0500, Alexander Hansen wrote: > Aleix Conchillo Flaqu? wrote: > > On Jan 16, 2008 8:36 PM, Martin Costabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I don't think they will be installed. They are just compiled at the same > >> time as qt3; same sources and same compilation. > >> > >> > > > > If the package qt3-designer shows as a dependency I think it will be > > compiled and installed. I can understand that they are compiled > > because of qt3 (same source), but not installed. > > > > > >> The real solution for all these problems of excessive build dependencies > >> would be the existence of an up-to-date binary distribution ;-) > >> > >> > > > > I think the dependencies would also exist because the binary would > > also depend on the library. But at least it would save compilation > > time. > > > > IMHO, the solution involves having different packages, like in other > > systems (e.g. Debian). This would work with source and binary > > distributions. > > > > Aleix > > > > > I believe the maintainer needs to make some changes to imagemagick, > anyway, given that the -nox package winds up depending implicitly on > X11. Coincidentally, he's the one who would also make a binary > distribution.
Imagemagick has *some* of its image-format handlers as plugin modules. It might be possible to disable building the svg module (and hence eliminate the svg dependency) and create just that module as a separate, external package for those who want it (and can tolerate the deps required for it). dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
