#23212: gzip build requires newer texinfo than Tiger has --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: garribald@… | Owner: mww@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.8.2 Keywords: | Port: gzip --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * cc: ryandesign@… (added) Comment: Replying to [comment:5 garribald@…]:
a variant - i.e. "doc" - would be nice. I have no need for texinfo and obviously some others neither, before the current upgrade step done by nox came along. Would be nice to add at least the dependency, would be even nicer to do a variant, as said.
[attachment:gzip-doc-variant.diff Here] is a patch that adds the requested doc variant. However, it seems silly to have a variant whose sole purpose is to add a single additional file (gzip.info). We want to minimize the proliferation of variants in MacPorts and only add them where absolutely necessary due to expensive dependencies that not all will need. texinfo builds in under a minute on my 3-year-old MacBook Pro, so I don't think requiring texinfo is a great inconvenience, and recommend we just [attachment:gzip-texinfo-dependency.diff add the dependency]. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/23212#comment:8> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS