Re: pari requiring fltk???? (proposing to stop)

[David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 5 November 2012 08:52, Ian McWilliam <kaosagnt%tpg.com.au@localhost> wrote:
> On 5/11/2012 10:39 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:
>>
>> math/pari requires fltk by default, via the x11 option.
[...]
>> So while each step might be ok, the notion that fltk is required to
>> install perl modules is ridiculous.  (It's further semi-ridiculous that
>> it needs tex to build, but at least that's build only.)  So I propose to
>> apply the following.  (I ran into this trying to build wip/fldigi which
>> uses fltk13.)  Objections?
>
> Please do, I have to build pari without x11 support as fltk won't build on
> Mac OS X as a newer fltk is needed to get around certain Mac library
> changes.
>
> I myself don't use pari, it is a build dependency for other things I use.

Seconded.

Actually it might be nice to add a pari-x11 package which just depends
on pari and then installs a single gp-x11 or similar executable with
x11 enabled (for those binary package using users)

... but that doesn't affect my agreement on removing x11 by default right now :)