Dependancy hell, post linux_base-8 conversion

[Alexander Leidinger]

David O'Brien <obrien at FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:

> Yes, I do expect to be able to use 'acroread'.  But I don't see why the
> x11/linux-XFree86-libs shouldn't just include x11-fonts/linux-fontconfig.
> You can't use XFree86-libs without fontconfig.  Again the difference
> between the FreeBSD native X11 is we *build* it from source, so the
> finer granularity [might be] good.  With the Linux bits, we install
> rebuilt *binaries*.

I've updated the default linux_base to v8. I've also added some missing but
requiered dependencies. I haven't changed anything else. Yes, the linux
infrastructure needs an overhault. I know about it. I'm willing to help
changing this.

> I can see that textproc/linux-expat is practically required if one is
> using linux_base-8, from the use of 'expat' in native FreeBSD ports.  So
> again, why shouldn't linux_base-8 just include it?  Else why don't we
> break linux_base-8 into 33 different ports based on the RPM's used??
> Surely 'slang' isn't used as much as 'expat'.  Why is there an 'info'
> command in linux_base-8?  The native FreeBSD 'info' will work fine.  Same
> for 'bzip2' (I can understand bzip2-libs).  Or how about 'popt'?

Even if you aren't serious about this, I've thought about this (making
linux_base a meta-port with the possibility to depend on this meta-port).

Bye,
Alexander.

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