#17623: upx 3.03 new port -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: cedric.luthi@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Port Submissions Component: ports | Version: 1.6.0 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Port: upx | -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Comment(by cedric.luthi@…):
In this particular case, the system tools would almost certainly suffice, but MacPorts has a[[BR]] pretty strict [http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#WillMacPortslinktosystemlibrariesrathertha... policy] of using using its own tools and libraries.[[BR]] There are only a few exceptions (X11 for example).
The policy you are referring to is about libraries, not about tools for what I understood. For libraries, I totally agree the ''MacPorts own libraries'' policy. But in this particular case, these are tools (perl scripts specifically) that are installed on the system, and perl is itself installed on the system too. I have personally installed perl with MacPorts, but I think about other people who just want to install upx thinking it should take about one minute or two and they must wait one hour because perl is installed.[[BR]] Could someone on Tiger and someone on Pather confirm that the '''pod2man''', '''pod2text''' and '''pod2html''' are installed on these systems so that we could remove this annoying dependency ? -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17623#comment:6> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS