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Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/fonts/dejavu-ttf



On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 10:20:30AM +0000, Hauke Fath wrote:
> Module Name:	pkgsrc
> Committed By:	hauke
> Date:		Fri Jul 23 10:20:30 UTC 2021
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	pkgsrc/fonts/dejavu-ttf: Makefile
> 
> Log Message:
> Registering the fonts via FONTS_DIRS.ttf incurs a dependency on
> mkfontdir, which means X11.
> 
> Since there are legitimate uses for fonts on sans-X machines
> (rrdtool), control the dependency with a (default) x11 option.

Can you please revert this and discuss this first?
I don't think we want to add x11 options to all ttf packages, so
we should discuss what alternate solutions there are.
 Thomas


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