Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 09:55:23 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: "David S. Geirsson" <andmann@andmann.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Evil ports! Message-ID: <3B1258CB.77BAF4BB@iowna.com> References: <76928F3E231DE4478876350F08358336044B07@kt-exchange.edmonton.kanotech.net> <3B12516A.FAD1C17A@iowna.com> <20010528132710.D1036@bong.andmann.eu.org>
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"David S. Geirsson" wrote: > > 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. Understood. I'd be curious to know how many ports fit into that category. See my other post regarding researching software before installing. Also, when you consider all the sofware that someone could complain should have a global variable like that, the magnitude of iplementing such a system, let alone maintaining it, gets considerable. > 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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