On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:54 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Nov 12, 2010, at 16:15, Marko Käning wrote:
On Nov 12, 2010, at 11:11 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
Well, the implications of using the no_x11 variant should be that
you do NOT have to install X11-related ports. I meant I don't know
what the implications are for the functionality of giflib.
Presumably the port depends on those X11 libraries because they
are of some kind of benefit.
I see, I misunderstood you.
Well, I guess giflib really needs those to be able to function... :(
Not necessarily. After all, it does have a no_x11 variant that
removes those dependencies. Although I'm listed as giflib's
maintainer, I don't actually know anything about the software. But
based on the existence of the no_x11 variant, it seems the port can
function with or without X11 libraries. I don't know what
consequence removing those libraries has for this software. Perhaps
the program can work faster with the X11 libraries. Perhaps there
are other consequences. I don't know. If you want to know for sure,
you should ask the developer(s) of giflib.
If you use a variant does it apply to deps?
port variants foo
foo has the variants:
no_x11
port variants bar
bar has the variants:
no_x11
port deps foo
Library Dependencies: bar
Does "port install foo +no_x11" build "bar +no_x11"?
Brad
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