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Date:      Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:35:15 -0800
From:      "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com>
To:        Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Am I forced to install Xfree86? 
Message-ID:  <3C07A733.19619.658EA5@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20011130153045.G97735-100000@teak.adhesivemedia.com>
References:  <3C07A223.17681.51C70E@localhost>

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On 30 Nov 2001, at 15:32, Philip Hallstrom boldly uttered: 

> My understanding is that the ports *will* try to install X... unless you
> tell it not to... That's what ports do is install dependent apps on your
> behalf :)
> 
> Yeah, these don't exist in /etc/defaults/make.conf, but it doesn't matter.
> /etc/make.conf gets read by any incarnation of make.  the "NO_X" is when
> you're building the system source code...
> 
> -philip


OK, thanks for the clarification.


> > > NO_GUI=1
> > > WITHOUT_X11=1
> > >
> > > -philip
> >
> >
> > I will try to use those as defaults in the future and see what
> > happens.  However people seem to be saying that in the example I
> > gave, since X was not already on the system, it "should not" have
> > fetched and installed it.  If so, perhaps it was a bug in that
> > particular port.
> >
> > Good suggestion though, I'll change the defaults on my boxes.
> >
> > Only one question: the directives you mention aren't in the
> > /etc/defaults/make.conf here.  There is just the previously mentioned
> > "NO_X=  "  Are there a lot of directives not listed in the defaults
> > file?



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Philip J. Koenig                                       pjklist@ekahuna.com
Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium


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