why do psutils & libtool packages need ~25+MB of latex (was Re: setup.ini dependency graph?)

Linda Walsh cygwin@tlinx.org
Sun Oct 27 06:08:00 GMT 2013


On 10/25/2013 5:29 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote:
> On 25/10/2013 12:12 PM, Charles Wilson wrote:
>> Does anybody have a script or a tool that can parse a setup.ini and 
>> generate a dependency graph?  I'm using pmcyg to create a 
>> stripped-down standalone installation CD and it's too big, so I'm 
>> trying to figure out where the culprit is that's pulling in so much 
>> stuff...
> I threw one together a while back when dealing with packages trying to 
> pull in latex: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-03/msg00242.html
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I keep trying to get rid of latex and it keeps coming back...

I think I figured out why... psutils?   libtool?

Both need latex?  I think I'm must really be missing some features in
psutils -- and doesn't libtool put together binary libraries?  Why would
it need latex in order to run?


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