Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2018 12:03:54 +0530 From: Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: swi-pl : minimalist edition Message-ID: <a1acbee7d81a029cc6f500261c1b1a62@kathe.in> In-Reply-To: <20180407142728.235d7af2.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4651cc3af73323df69b574a07eb7dbe2@kathe.in> <20180407142728.235d7af2.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 2018-04-07 05:57 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:10:53 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: >> i tried sending mail to johans@freebsd.org, failed. > > Maybe try to address the ports team directly? > sure, dang, it never occurred to me. >> i am have been evaluating options to target my expert help system. >> have tinkered with netbsd and openbsd, but didn't feel comfortable. > > That is intended. ;-) 'rotflmao'. :-D >> i liked prolog and was pleasantly surprised to see a port of swi-pl >> under freebsd. >> there's one hitch though, the swi-pl port has too many dependencies. >> would there be some way to _also_ have a minimalist edition of swi-pl? > > That's hard to say... > > The port's description says there are no options to configure, > so I'd guess you cannot get rid of the X dependencies (if you > don't use X). i ended up tinkering with ubuntu 16.0, and guess what, they have a "no x" version in their package repository. so, eliminating 'x' dependencies is possible, similarly, building a small, tight core should be possible too. ~mayuresh
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