Re: pkg/48115: math/nickle depends on pdfjadetex (which sucks in latex)

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/48115; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/48115: math/nickle depends on pdfjadetex (which sucks in
 latex)
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 18:53:02 +0000

 On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 06:50:00PM +0000, schaecsn%gmx.net@localhost wrote:
  > Perhaps the dependency to pdfjadetex can be acutally completely
  > removed? There would be then this dependency chain from
  > meta-pkgs/modular-xorg -> meta-pkgs/modular-xorg-apps -> x11/xrandr
  > -> math/nickle -> and then to latex. Requiring latex for building X
  > would be an overkill, wouldn't it?
 
 That would not just overkill but highly regrettable, and likely also
 circular.
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost