Subject: Re: mplayer requiring binutils??!?
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Tom Spindler <dogcow@babymeat.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 08/15/2007 02:02:10
> >=> Required installed package inputproto>=1.4: inputproto-1.4.2 found
> >=> Required installed package binutils>=2.17: NOT found
> >=> Verifying reinstall for ../../devel/binutils
> >=> Required installed package digest>=20010302: digest-20070803 found
> >[...]
> >
> >This is on NetBSD/pkgsrc -current. mplayer did not require binutils  
> >before
> >and I doubt it's needed anyway.

I suppose this begs the question: why _does_ mplayer require binutils?