Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:43:56 -0800 From: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com> To: igorr@speechpro.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Am I forced to install Xfree86? Message-ID: <3C06C83C.24008.1EC0AD1@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20011130095018.A580@sysadm.stc> References: <3C05DAEE.4140.1F43C46@localhost>; from pjklist@ekahuna.com on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 06:51:26AM -0800
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On 30 Nov 2001, at 9:50, Igor Roboul boldly uttered: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 06:51:26AM -0800, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > > requires retrieving 30MB of Xfree86 files, compiling and installing, > > on a machine that doesn't run X? It seems to have something to do > Check /usr/ports/net/mtr/Makefile and you'll see > WANT_GTK= yes OK, so what if: A) I don't know what GTK is B) I don't know what changing that to "no" will do to the functionality of the port I'm trying to install Not to be annoying, but the ports are promoted as a simple way of installing preconfigured programs. I don't think that positioning is consistent with the implication that everyone is an expert about various options that appear in makefiles, because if so, why not just compile the thing from scratch and forget the port? How difficult would it be in the case of a program like mtr which can run perfectly fine without X, to place a question in the script where it stops and asks "would you like to include X-Windows support?"? This particular case is certainly not an isolated one in this regard. Phil -- Philip J. Koenig pjklist@ekahuna.com Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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