WANT_GNOME Causes Automatic Dependencies

[A.J. Kehoe IV (Nanoman)]

Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 1:22 PM, A.J. Kehoe IV (Nanoman)
><nanoman at nanoman.ca> wrote:
>> WANT_GNOME causes automatic dependencies.  This causes problems for port and
>> package management, as described in the FreeBSD Porter's Handbook on the
>> "Dependencies" page under "Problems Caused by Automatic Dependencies":
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-depend.html
>
>I agree, I have got rid of it in bsd.mate.mk.

Awesome!  Automatic dependencies have been causing me grief for about a decade, so this makes me happy.

>> To solve this problem, I'm creating a new port called misc/gnome-components.
>> This "meta-port" will define all the optional dependencies from
>> Mk/bsd.gnome.mk as OPTIONS.  In Mk/bsd.gnome.mk, the whole automatic
>> dependencies section will be replaced with one line:
>>
>> RUN_DEPENDS+=   gnome-components:${PORTSDIR}/misc/gnome-components
>>
>> I hope to have this finished by tomorrow (2012-08-31).  If anyone has any
>> suggestions or alternative solutions, I'm very interested to hear what you
>> have to say.
>
>But.. I disagree with the method you are doing there. You can't just
>do a sweep, because there is actually a few that do not provide flag
>option to disable it. You need to do it by manual and remove the
>HAVE_GNOME or convert it to OPTIONS if it allows you to. I prefer
>anyone to do a real fix/clean instead of band-aid
>(misc/gnome-components).
>
>Cheers,
>Mezz

I'm not fond of my misc/gnome-components method either, so any alternative ideas are very welcome.  All I've done thus far is created a Makefile with an OPTIONS list for the 97 components from bsd.gnome.mk.

What do you suggest for a real fix/clean?  Based on your response, the ideal fix has at least two attributes:

1. No automatic dependencies.

2. An option to disable specific components.

I'm trying to get this issue resolved as quickly as possible, but I want the fix to be done well.  Again, any suggestions or alternative solutions are welcome.

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