Comment by rsp1984

Dependencies are one side of the problem. Unavailability of binaries and dogmatic use of dynamic linkage are the other side.

When I installed a simple lines-of-code counting tool through Macports the other day I accidentally opened the door to dependency hell as gigabytes of not even remotely related stuff started to build [1].

Without a doubt something is going very wrong with Free Software and package managers. On the other hand, never look a gift horse in the mouth so I may not even be the right guy to complain here.

[1] http://pastebin.com/cAZgbaFN