[MacPorts] #34900: mythtv-core.25

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jun 18, 2012, at 12:19, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:

>> Umm, no?  Myth is really set up to build and install _all_ its software (ie frontend and backend);
> 
> That's why you would have a variant.  Users who just want the frontend, don't want to build and install the backend.
> 
>> it is up to the user to decide how they want to use that machine.
> 
> Yeah, and if I don't want to use this machine as a backend, why do I need to waste my time building it ;)

Consider that the mysql55 port builds and installs the client and server even if the user only wants the client. the mysql55-server port only adds config files and directories set up with the right permissions.