[49835] trunk/dports/gnome/libgnomecanvas/Portfile

[Rainer Müller]

Joshua Root wrote:
> You might as well remove all of the redundant dependencies while you're
> at it, gettext and libiconv being the ones I noticed here.

But sometimes redundant dependencies can also be useful. If the port is
using gettext and libiconv itself, it is okay to add it to the list of
dependencies.

What if a new gtk2 release would remove gettext and libiconv from the
requirements? This port would still require it. And I don't think
anybody would scan all dependents before making such changes.

I thought about letting 'port lint' check for redundant dependencies,
but abandoned the idea to avoid such situations.

Rainer