Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:39:19 +0000 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Confusion about Ports and options framework Message-ID: <20071126173919.7cbeb2f9@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <fidrth$mle$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <fid3o3$57q$1@ger.gmane.org> <44079.9636221074$1196053676@news.gmane.org> <fidrth$mle$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:17:01 -0800 "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline@hotmail.com> wrote: > > "RW" <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> wrote in message > news:44079.9636221074$1196053676@news.gmane.org... > > On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:24:32 -0800 > > "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> I've read through the sections of the handbook quite carefully, > >> and haven't quite found what I'm looking for. > >> To be specific, I've no plans to install X11 or anything like > >> it on this machine yet. I may do so in the future merely to see > >> how accessible Gnome and such are, but not now. > >> I note that /usr/ports/editors/emacs has several environment > >> variables which can be set, such as WITHOUT_X11. > > > Call me dense, if you like. I'm not quite sure how to do that. > Would a simple WITHOUT_X11=YES or similar pull it off? I got the > impression those were environment variables, and not something > specific to make. Normally it doesn't matter whether it's in the environment or defined in make.conf. The only exception I can think of is that a handful of ports have deinstall scripts that test for BATCH to avoid prompting you for removing special users/groups, but can only see it if it defined in the environment
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