Re: git: 34ab3bea8aa2 - main - graphics/gd: update to 2.3.3

From: Jan Beich <jbeich_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 19:36:07 UTC
Christian Ullrich <chris@chrullrich.net> writes:

> Was this intended, and if so, is it really necessary to pull in 
> lang/rust for a port that is, among other things, an everyday dependency 
> of PHP?

ports/ framework doesn't support[1] provides/requires (aka alternatives or
variable packages), so defaults mostly follow "batteries included" convention.
It's not a policy, so there maybe inconsistencies between ports.

For lang/rust in particular use the binary package e.g., poudriere-devel
supports skipping build of dependencies that are available from packages.
Otherwise, why build from ports/ without customizing options?

[1] unlike pkg itself which supports provides/requires since 1.5.0 (2015-04-14)