Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:27:35 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com> Cc: igorr@speechpro.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Am I forced to install Xfree86? Message-ID: <20011130112735.GA24903@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <3C06C83C.24008.1EC0AD1@localhost> References: <3C05DAEE.4140.1F43C46@localhost> <3C06C83C.24008.1EC0AD1@localhost>
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 11:43:56PM -0800, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > 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 Then don't bother about it. Ports using WANT_xxx mean: " If xxx is installed it will be used, otherwise we will get by witout it." > > > 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?"? For mtr, if you do not have X or GTK installed it is not supposed to fetch and build it. As far as I can determine from looking at the port it doesn't do that either unless you have changed something. > This particular case is certainly not an isolated one in this regard. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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