Re: git: c35c6fc30a60 - main - textproc/libxslt: switch back to autotools

Reply: Sergey A. Osokin: "Re: git: c35c6fc30a60 - main - textproc/libxslt: switch back to autotools"
In reply to: Charlie Li : "git: c35c6fc30a60 - main - textproc/libxslt: switch back to autotools"
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From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:07:04 UTC

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 12:23:03PM +0000, Charlie Li wrote:
> commit c35c6fc30a60b1d106b032cc77affc0192fe132e
> 
>   textproc/libxslt: switch back to autotools
>     
>   Many ports use xsltproc as a BUILD_DEPENDS. CMake itself unconditionally
>   depends on ftp/curl, for which certain options can pull in dependencies
>   using xsltproc to build.

Thank you.  Let it be a good lesson for everyone who's thinking if replacing
[admittedly much hated] autotools with CMake is a good idea.  No, it is not.

./danfe