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



Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost> writes:

> On 7/23/21 1:17 PM, Thomas Klausner wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I had suggested to make the mkfontdir step optional - if it can't be
> done for lack of X11, there is no harm - but Greg already summarily
> dismissed the idea.

That's not an accurate characterization.  I pointed out that it's a core
principle of pkgsrc that when you build a package you get the same
outcome, absent intentionally setting options.  I don't think that view
is controversial or surprising.

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