#26271: rabbitmq-server @1.8.1_0 dependencies out of control --------------------------------------------------------+------------------- Reporter: jpr5@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.1 Keywords: rabbitmq rabbitmq-server deps dependencies | Port: rabbitmq-server --------------------------------------------------------+------------------- While updating an OSX base developer install image for my company, I discovered that the most recent update of the {{{rabbitmq-server}}} port (1.8.1_0) has incorporated a ''ridiculous'' number of new dependencies (by virtue of {{{xmlto}}}, I think): {{{ #!sh jpr5@muse# port rdeps rabbitmq-server The following ports are dependencies of rabbitmq-server @1.8.1_0: xmlto coreutils gettext libiconv gperf ncurses ncursesw expat gmp findutils getopt libpaper texlive texlive-basic texlive-documentation-base texlive-common texlive-bin perl5 perl5.8 pkgconfig fontconfig freetype zlib gd2 autoconf m4 help2man p5-locale-gettext automake libtool libpng jpeg xpm xorg-xproto xorg-libXt xorg-util-macros xorg-libsm xorg-xtrans xorg-libice xorg-libX11 xorg-bigreqsproto xorg-xcmiscproto xorg-xextproto xorg-xf86bigfontproto xorg-inputproto xorg-libXdmcp xorg-libXau xorg-kbproto xorg-libXext t1lib poppler curl libidn openssl curl-ca-bundle gtk2 tiff jasper unzip atk gtk-doc gnome-doc-utils intltool gnome-common p5-xml-parser p5-getopt-long p5-pathtools p5-scalar-list-utils libxslt libxml2 python26 tk tcl Xft2 xrender xorg-renderproto xorg-libXScrnSaver xorg-scrnsaverproto sqlite3 readline db46 gdbm bzip2 docbook-xml docbook-xml-4.1.2 xmlcatmgr docbook-xml-4.2 docbook-xml-4.3 docbook-xml-4.4 docbook-xml-4.5 docbook-xml-5.0 docbook-xsl rarian iso-codes py26-libxml2 glib2 python_select pango cairo libpixman xorg-libXi xorg-libXrandr xorg-randrproto xorg-libXcursor xorg-fixesproto xorg-libXfixes xorg-libXinerama xorg-xineramaproto xorg-libXdamage xorg-damageproto xorg-libXcomposite xorg-compositeproto shared-mime-info lcms openjpeg poppler-data xorg-libXp xorg-printproto xorg-libpthread-stubs openmotif xbitmaps xorg-libXmu ghostscript texlive-bin-extra latexmk texlive-latex texlive-context texlive-metapost texlive-documentation-english texlive-fontutils texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-lang-czechslovak texlive-lang-dutch texlive-lang-french texlive-lang-german texlive-lang-italian texlive-lang-polish texlive-lang-portuguese texlive-lang-spanish texlive-lang-ukenglish texlive-latex-recommended texlive-math-extra texlive-xetex texlive-luatex texlive-generic-recommended texlive-htmlxml fop dblatex texlive-latex-extra texlive-pictures dejavu-fonts ImageMagick p7zip erlang gawk }}} I don't know how to make {{{port}}} list rdeps for any version other than the most recent one, so I can't tell you what they were precisely before. But this is a ''tremendous'' increase in required libs/progs over {{{rabbitmq-server @1.8.1}}}, and for a minor {{{_0}}} increment on the base version, it's unclear what utility the increment provides vs. its cost. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/26271> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS