Opened 15 years ago
Closed 3 years ago
#20051 closed enhancement (wontfix)
gnupg2 2.0.11 Package shouldn't have libusb dependency
| Reported by: | speed.rob@… | Owned by: | roederja |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | Ionic (Mihai Moldovan) | |
| Port: | gnupg2 |
Description
Installing gnupg2 also installs the libusb package to support scadaemon, which handles authentication via smart cards. As I doubt a sizable portion of GPG users require this feature I propose it be disabled by default and available as a variant.
If smartcard users do represent a large enough portion of the user base, a no_scdaemon variant to remove the dependency should be available.
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Change History (10)
Changed 15 years ago by speed.rob@…
| Attachment: | gnupg2-libusb.diff added |
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comment:1 Changed 15 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)
| Cc: | boeyms@… added; waqar@… boeyms @… removed |
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| Owner: | changed from macports-tickets@… to waqar@… |
comment:2 Changed 15 years ago by blb@…
comment:3 Changed 15 years ago by speed.rob@…
A short time on modern machines, sure, but it's still unnecessary clutter.
comment:4 Changed 12 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
| Owner: | changed from waqar@… to macports-tickets@… |
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waqar has retired.
comment:5 Changed 9 years ago by Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)
| Owner: | changed from macports-tickets@… to ionic@… |
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| Status: | new → assigned |
comment:6 Changed 3 years ago by neverpanic (Clemens Lang)
I personally use the smartcard feature, and I think with the wider availability of cheap smart cards such as, for example, Yubikeys, it should stay enabled by default.
comment:7 Changed 3 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)
| Keywords: | gpg gnupg libusb scdaemon smartcard "smart card" removed |
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comment:8 Changed 3 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)
| Cc: | Ionic added; boeyms@… removed |
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| Owner: | changed from Ionic to roederja |
comment:9 Changed 3 years ago by roederja
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
I agree with neverpanic. Closing.
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libusb isn't exactly a large dependency (228K installed) and takes a short time to build...