[MacPorts] #23212: gzip build requires newer texinfo than Tiger has (was: gzip 1.3.13 - Unknown command `abbr')

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#23212: gzip build requires newer texinfo than Tiger has
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 Reporter:  garribald@…               |       Owner:  mww@…           
     Type:  defect                    |      Status:  new             
 Priority:  Normal                    |   Milestone:                  
Component:  ports                     |     Version:  1.8.2           
 Keywords:                            |        Port:  gzip            
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: ryandesign@… (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:5 garribald@…]:
 > a variant - i.e. "doc" - would be nice. I have no need for texinfo and
 obviously some others neither, before the current upgrade step done by nox
 came along. Would be nice to add at least the dependency, would be even
 nicer to do a variant, as said.

 [attachment:gzip-doc-variant.diff Here] is a patch that adds the requested
 doc variant. However, it seems silly to have a variant whose sole purpose
 is to add a single additional file (gzip.info). We want to minimize the
 proliferation of variants in MacPorts and only add them where absolutely
 necessary due to expensive dependencies that not all will need. texinfo
 builds in under a minute on my 3-year-old MacBook Pro, so I don't think
 requiring texinfo is a great inconvenience, and recommend we just
 [attachment:gzip-texinfo-dependency.diff add the dependency].

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