From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Jun 18 10:56:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from 12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com (12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com [12.234.90.219]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEA5D37B403 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:56:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from master.gorean.org (master.gorean.org [10.0.0.2]) by 12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5IHuPBu021717; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:56:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by master.gorean.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) with ESMTP id g5IHuOMb001831; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:56:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:56:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Joe Marcus Clarke Cc: "Mike A. Oligny" , Subject: Protecting yourself from gnome In-Reply-To: <1024415406.313.8.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> Message-ID: <20020618105513.T1723-100000@master.gorean.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 18 Jun 2002, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > You should probably familiarize yourself with a new port's Makefile. If > you set WITHOUT_GNOME in /etc/make.conf, that will protect you from > GNOME-optional ports. I think the point being lost here is that it should not be the user's responsibility to protect themselves from gnome. If I don't say "I want gnome," and don't have any gnome bits installed, gnome should not inflict itself on me. Doug -- "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory." - George W. Bush, President of the United States State of the Union, January 28, 2002 Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message