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? -- 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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