Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/devel/libffi

[Jonathan Perkin <jonathan%perkin.org.uk@localhost>]

* On 2020-02-28 at 13:11 GMT, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 09:30:43AM +0000, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
> > Module Name:        pkgsrc
> > Committed By:       jperkin
> > Date:               Thu Feb 27 09:30:43 UTC 2020
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> >     pkgsrc/devel/libffi: Makefile
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > libffi: New version requires perl.
> 
> Can you pleaes restrict that to SunOS and friends?

I can, but I really don't like per-OPSYS USE_TOOLS, I think it makes
things unnecessarily complicated.  If it's a runtime dependency then
fine, but it feels like trying to avoid perl on a build host is
fighting a losing battle.

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