[MacPorts] #48651: Repeated JRE installation dialog when updating gettext

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#48651: Repeated JRE installation dialog when updating gettext
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 Reporter:  bruce@…            |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  enhancement        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal             |  Milestone:
Component:  ports              |    Version:  2.3.3
 Keywords:  JRE, Java, dialog  |       Port:  gettext
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 When updating gettext on a Mac (10.10.4, but I'm sure it's been an issue
 for several versions now) without Java installed, the user is prompted a
 few times with an apparently parentless GUI dialog to install the JRE. The
 dialog says, "To view this web content, you need to install the Java
 Runtime Environment." with "More Info..." and "OK" buttons.

 This is a bit disconcerting the first time you encounter it, as you are
 probably off doing something else and it's not obvious what has triggered
 the behavior.

 On IRC it was suggested that this is probably triggered by configure
 script checking whether Java is present for auto-installation of Java-
 related components. It was also suggested that perhaps creating a +java
 variant would help to eliminate these dialogs. That sounds like a good
 idea to me, but I'm no expert.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/48651>
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