> > Well, the issue is that they're only part of the install if ruby is > > detected as installed on the host system. I suppose the better solution > > would be just to patch the HAVE_RUBY check out, since they are not > > actually generated by ruby, but you can't really do much with them if > > ruby is not installed. I think I'll report this upstream. Requiring the > > entirety of ruby for two simple scripts seems a bit much imho. > > You can just install them manually in a post-install target. Make sure > any #! paths are patched with MODRUBY_RUBY_ADJ and I agree with Joachim, > it doesn't make much sense to depend on Ruby for these, so you probably > want some MODRUBY_BUILDDEP/RUNDEP=No.
I sent a patch upstream asking them to remove the dep on ruby for two simple scripts. I'll see what they say. > > I'm not sure who would be the best person to reach out to. > > ports@ is probably the best place. All right. I need to sort everything I have together, then I'll send out an email regarding that. Right now I've gotten everything under x11/kde4 to compile, but I need to check on lib deps and other Makefile issues, which is the harder part for me. - Onteria