Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 13:27:10 +0000 From: "David S. Geirsson" <andmann@andmann.eu.org> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Evil ports! Message-ID: <20010528132710.D1036@bong.andmann.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <3B12516A.FAD1C17A@iowna.com>; from wmoran@iowna.com on Mon, May 28, 2001 at 09:23:54AM -0400 References: <76928F3E231DE4478876350F08358336044B07@kt-exchange.edmonton.kanotech.net> <3B12516A.FAD1C17A@iowna.com>
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Erhm... no, it isn't. For example, the editor "jed" doesn't require X. However, it is packaged with xjed, which is an X frontend. IIRC you had to change a #define in the makefile to disable xjed. On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 09:23:54AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > Mike Oligny wrote: > > > > Is there any way to specify (globally) that I don't EVER want to install > > X? I'm getting tired of typing 'make install' and coming back five > > minutes later to see that it is in the middle of compiling the big bad > > GUI! grrrr... > > I'm a little confused here ... if you're compiling a port that runs > under X, how do you intend to use it if you're not using X? > If a port is compiling X as a dependency, it's a sure bet that it needs > X to run. > > -Bill > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Davíð Steinn Geirsson andmann@andmann.eu.org (354)-8696608 "Support staff hung over, Send aspirin and come back LATER." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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