Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:38:12 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Walter Hurry <walterhurry@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: buildworld selectively? Message-ID: <20918.14644.440075.81551@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <kp550g$u2e$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <kp2isu$qvl$1@ger.gmane.org> <51B4CFCA.3010705@hayers.org> <kp2mc5$10p$1@ger.gmane.org> <44mwqzotyf.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <kp2tes$vvm$1@ger.gmane.org> <20917.9991.514334.851719@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <kp550g$u2e$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Walter Hurry writes: > >> Fair enough. Point taken, thanks. Nevertheless I see no reason to > >> compile stuff I neither want nor need. > > > > While I endorse the principle ... it can be difficult for the > > casual user to know which parts can be removed without blowing up things > > they want. > > (Been there, had to change the underwear after the new kernel > > didn't boot. Booted old kernel, fixed things.) > > > Wise words. The kernel and world builds/installs went fine, but > soon afterwards I noticed a problem with the mail/dcc-dccd port > (required, in my case, by SpamAssassin), which would not rebuild, > complaining that the base sendmail was not found or too old. > > Since I use Postfix, I had set WITHOUT_SENDMAIL in > /etc/src.conf. I shall remove it and rebuild. C'est la vie! My case was more spectacular: since there were no ISA slots I removed "device ISA" (or whatever it was). Turns out that dragged in a whole _truckload_ of essential infrastructure .... <insert graphic of nuclear explosion> Robert Huff
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