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Date:      Mon, 28 May 2001 17:19:42 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>
To:        Mike Oligny <moligny@kanotech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Evil ports!
Message-ID:  <3B12EB1E.F69B9B04@DougBarton.net>
References:  <76928F3E231DE4478876350F08358336044B07@kt-exchange.edmonton.kanotech.net>

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Mike Oligny wrote:
> 
> Is there any way to specify (globally) that I don't EVER want to install
> X?  I'm getting tired of typing 'make install' and coming back five
> minutes later to see that it is in the middle of compiling the big bad
> GUI!  grrrr...

	One technique that I use with success that I haven't seen mentioned yet is
to do a 'make clean' in the port directory before I start building it. This
will show you all of the dependencies.

HTH,

Doug

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