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Date:      Fri, 11 Jan 2002 05:25:58 -0800
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        Thomas Gravgaard <fehaar@infopaq.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvsup-16-f issue
Message-ID:  <3C3EE7E6.9030509@owt.com>
References:  <1137F4C2EFF6D111B2330060B03C89D601C8E9D7@REDSRV>

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Thomas Gravgaard wrote:

>>I wonder if it might make sense for the ISO to only have a 
>>cvsup which does not have X11.  A version without X11 will 
>>run OK on a system that does have X11, but the X11-version 
>>won't run on a system without X11, and it's certainly 
>>reasonable to *want* to run cvsup on a system that doesn't 
>>have X11.  And presumably it'd also save a few bytes on the ISO.
>>
> 
> IMHO it would make sense to require WITH_X11 instead of WITHOUT_X11 in the Makefile because the default behaviour would run on systems with an without X11. Since I only run boxes without X11 it would
> conveniently make my life easier too.... But thats another story :)

I happen to think that cvsup is one program that should be added as a 
package. You reduce the side effects introduced by having one port 
that needs a modula compiler. The s1g site has both versions and you 
download your choice.

Kent

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