[MacPorts] #48329: aspell not installed as a dependency

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#48329: aspell not installed as a dependency
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  Reporter:  graziosi.angelo@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect             |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal             |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports              |    Version:  2.3.3
Resolution:                     |   Keywords:
      Port:  aspell             |
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Comment (by graziosi.angelo@…):

 Replying to [comment:1 ryandesign@…]:
 > The aspell-dict-* ports declare a build dependency on the aspell port.
 If you received binaries of these ports from our build server, then
 MacPorts would not have installed build dependencies on your system, so
 you would not have aspell itself installed.
 >
 > Is aspell itself required to use the aspell-dict-* ports? If so, the
 aspell dependency in the aspell-dict-* ports should be changed from a
 build dependency to something else, such as a library dependency.

 I don't know, but I need the aspell-dict* to be used with Emacs and Emacs
 does not work if it does not find the aspell[.exe]. For example, if it is
 configured with


 {{{
 (setq ispell-program-name "/opt/local/bin/aspell")
 }}}

 it will produce the message:

 {{{
 Error enabling Flyspell mode:
 (Searching for program No such file or directory
 C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/aspell)
 }}}

 when aspell is not found/installed...

 May be it is only Emacs that need it..


 Angelo

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