On Jun 18, 2010, at 18:39 , Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote:
Now, a lot of these were installed as a result of installing other
things. All of the docbooks, for example. Automake and autoconf.
Getopt. These were requested/needed by something else.

From what I understand about "leaves", they should not be regarded as leaves.

So, am I misunderstanding a leaf, or are leaves being miscalculated?

They are build tools; as such, they are only dependencies *while* another port is being built. Afterward, unless you want to build something else that needs them, they are leaves.

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