Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 16:51:02 -0400 From: Dan Swartzendruber <dswartz@druber.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@home.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: 3.0 installation problems Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981024165102.0095ed30@mail.kersur.net> In-Reply-To: <199810242040.NAA07711@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <Your message of "Sat, 24 Oct 1998 16:01:21 EDT." <3.0.5.32.19981024160121.009bc430@mail.kersur.net>
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At 01:40 PM 10/24/98 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: >> >> Speaking of irritating installation issues: why do I have to install X >> to use emacs? I seem to recall, back in my linux days, that there was >> an emacs executable that didn't require X. The standard emacs binary >> requires a bunch of non vty libraries that I don't really want to have >> to install on stripped-down servers. > >If the machine is "stripped down", then you sure don't want Emacs on it. >Try one of the lighter clones, and save yourself the worry. I'm not sure I understand your point. These are headless servers. They run all kinds of server applications, but virtually no user stuff, and certainly no X apps/libraries. Emacs is handy to have to edit configuration files and such when one telnets to the machine to make a change. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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