svn commit: r308937 - head/devel/json-c

[Jason Helfman]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Jason E. Hale <jhale at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Saturday, December 15, 2012 16:55:22 Jason Helfman wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt at freebsd.org
> >wrote:
> > > On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 08:18:37AM +0000, Jason Helfman wrote:
>
> > > >  USE_GNOME=   pkgconfig gnomehack
> > >
> > > Would have been nice to fix the pkgconfig dep while here :)
> >
> > I didn't know of the requirements of the package, but perhaps the
> > maintainer could suggest a path.
> > I'll contact the maintainer.
>
> In other words, change:
> USE_GNOME=pkgconfig
> to:
> USE_PKGCONFIG=build
>
> The prior is deprecated because it brings in pkgconf as a build and a
> runtime
> dependency where pkgconf is almost always needed for build only.  It would
> be
> good to check if any dependent ports are relying on this port for an
> indirect
> dependency of pkgconf before changing it, though.
>
>
I am aware of what is involved regarding the change, and also know it is an
ongoing effort.
I have contacted the maintainer, and will look for any dependency issues.

-jgh