kdelibs4 depending on qt4-mac but also on X11!??!

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:54 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Nov 12, 2010, at 16:15, Marko Käning wrote:
>> On Nov 12, 2010, at 11:11 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>>
>>> Well, the implications of using the no_x11 variant should be that  
>>> you do NOT have to install X11-related ports. I meant I don't know  
>>> what the implications are for the functionality of giflib.  
>>> Presumably the port depends on those X11 libraries because they  
>>> are of some kind of benefit.
>>
>> I see, I misunderstood you.
>>
>> Well, I guess giflib really needs those to be able to function... :(
>
> Not necessarily. After all, it does have a no_x11 variant that  
> removes those dependencies. Although I'm listed as giflib's  
> maintainer, I don't actually know anything about the software. But  
> based on the existence of the no_x11 variant, it seems the port can  
> function with or without X11 libraries. I don't know what  
> consequence removing those libraries has for this software. Perhaps  
> the program can work faster with the X11 libraries. Perhaps there  
> are other consequences. I don't know. If you want to know for sure,  
> you should ask the developer(s) of giflib.

If you use a variant does it apply to deps?

port variants foo
foo has the variants:
    no_x11
port variants bar
bar has the variants:
    no_x11

port deps foo
	Library Dependencies:  bar

Does "port install foo +no_x11" build "bar +no_x11"?


Brad