ports/65887: mutt and mutt-devel can silently depend on libiconv

[Udo Schweigert]

The following reply was made to PR ports/65887; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Udo Schweigert <Udo.Schweigert at siemens.com>
To: Yar Tikhiy <yar at comp.chem.msu.su>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at freebsd.org, udo.schweigert at siemens.com
Subject: Re: ports/65887: mutt and mutt-devel can silently depend on libiconv
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 15:53:29 +0200

 On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 17:32:57 +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote:
 >>Fix:
 > 	An easy way is to add ``USE_ICONV=yes'' to the mutt Makefiles.
 > 	A harder approach is to implement conditional dependencies
 > 	within the ports framework, that is to let ports tell,
 > 	"I could use the port foo if it were installed already;
 > 	never mind otherwise."
 
 One could also choose to use the --disable-iconv option of mutt's configure.
 
 Best regards
 
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