Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/print

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> writes:

> "Nia Alarie" <nia%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
>
>> Module Name:	pkgsrc
>> Committed By:	nia
>> Date:		Sat Feb  8 15:45:17 UTC 2020
>>
>> Modified Files:
>> 	pkgsrc/print: Makefile
>> Removed Files:
>> 	pkgsrc/print/libgnomecups: DESCR Makefile PLIST buildlink3.mk distinfo
>> 	pkgsrc/print/libgnomecups/patches: patch-libgnomecups_gnome-cups-i18n_c
>> 	    patch-libgnomecups_gnome-cups-init_h
>> 	    patch-libgnomecups_gnome-cups-printer.h
>> 	    patch-libgnomecups_gnome-cups-queue.h
>> 	    patch-libgnomecups_gnome-cups-request.h
>>
>> Log Message:
>> print: Remove libgnomecups - no longer part of GNOME
>>
>> Last release in 2008. Not used by anything in pkgsrc, near as I can tell.
>
> It turns out that libgnomeprint, with the cups option, even with the bl3
> of libgnomecups removed, fails to build:
>
>   checking for LIBGNOMECUPS... no
>   configure: error: Package requirements (libgnomecups-1.0 >= 0.2.0) were not met:
>
>   Package 'libgnomecups-1.0', required by 'virtual:world', not found
>
> I am unclear on whether it makes sense to have a cups option in printing
> these days.
>
> Can anyone explain what such an option is trying to do, and whether
> removing it is giving up anything useful?

Looking at my system, I see that libgnomeprint seems also not really
maintained upstream and only ham/xlog is using it.

So maybe libgnomeprint is also cruft?