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Date:      Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:10:53 +0100
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Beeblebrox <zaphod@berentweb.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ports should provide knobs disabling unwanted network services
Message-ID:  <20130327111053.GH64932@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
In-Reply-To: <1364382189510-5799340.post@n5.nabble.com>
References:  <1364123355503-5798581.post@n5.nabble.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303261914340.1834@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20130326183743.GF64932@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <1364382189510-5799340.post@n5.nabble.com>

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On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 04:03:09AM -0700, Beeblebrox wrote:
> Sorry for the late reply, everyone - I was distracted with some other thi=
ngs
> for a while.
>=20
> PATCHING:
> I'll probably have to look through the syntax of "OPTIONS" in the Makefil=
es
> of other KDE / CMAKE ports to get a handle on how to implement.
>=20
> Bapt >> you can have it installed on your system but not actually starting
> it.
> Yes, once it's installed, you can elect to not start the service - That's
> obvious.
> The problem is, source-file downloads are quite large and I really do not
> want to spend my bandwidth or compile time / cpu power on something I have
> no intention to use. As an example, the samba-client port downloads the
> entire samba tarball which is around 30MB. Add Avahi-mdsn stuff and you w=
ill
> probably get about 100MB worth of unwanted downloads. Plus, the download
> will not be a one-time problem, it will repeat for every update of those
> ports.
>=20
> Thanks.
>=20

I'm speaking about the default because the default will lead to package
creation, and binary packages does not have the large tarballs :).

regards,
Bapt

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