Xorg/X11 for every second port

[Cristian Serb]

But on gentoo e.g. I could specify not to install certain deps. Is  
there a way to do this for macports?

On Jun 11, 2009, at 11:05 PM, Bryan Blackburn wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:47:00PM +0200, Cristian Serb said:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> ever since I use macports I notice that it tries very often to  
>> install
>> Xorg along with ports that actually don't need it. Today I tried to
>> install trac and again ... Xorg. I can't even remember the numerous  
>> other
>> trials I <Ctrl-C>ed because of Xorg. I'm surprised that I can  
>> install nmap
>> without Xorg...
>>
>> So what is this? Is there a way to spot it?
>
> trac uses python26 (since trac is python-based), and python26 needs  
> tk which
> is where the xorg stuff originates.  See
>
> <http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#WhyisMacPortsusingitsownlibraries>
>
> and
>
> <http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#pydeps>
>
> Bryan
>
>
>>
>> Many Thanks,
>> Cristian_______________________________________________
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