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Date:      Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:22:30 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Steve Coile <scoile@nandomedia.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to tailor installation set?
Message-ID:  <3EEA4096.50809@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306130939570.25975-100000@localhost.localdomain>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306130939570.25975-100000@localhost.localdomain>

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Steve Coile wrote:
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> I guess that's my point.  FreeBSD is pretty big, even without the ports.
> My administration philosophy is "minimal function set": only install what
> will be used.  I'd like a clean way to remove a component--for instance
> development tools, or X, or printing support--from the system without
> breaking any dependencies.

See the NO_FOO flags in /etc/defaults/make.conf; you can configure a minimal 
version of FreeBSD without breaking dependencies....

-Chuck



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