#43404: gawk links with mpfr but doesn't declare a dependency on it ----------------------+---------------------------- Reporter: zulus@… | Owner: mschamschula@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.2.1 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Port: gawk | ----------------------+---------------------------- Comment (by egall@…): Replying to [comment:3 cal@…]:
Can we instead prevent gawk from linking with gmp and mpfr and avoid the dependency? I really don't think we need arbitrary precision arithmetics in gawk and it adds a dependency a lot of people will have to install.
How about making it a variant? I agree that since gawk is usually one of the first ports that I install on a new install of MacPorts, I would also prefer that its dependency list be kept short, but only for the first time that I install it. After I have my normal list of ports installed, it might be nice to then be able to experiment with gawk's gmp/mpfr support by installing it with a new variant. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/43404#comment:5> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X