From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 22 10:04:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A9FB16A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:04:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12E2A43D31 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:04:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) i8MA5KW34834; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 03:05:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 03:06:23 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 In-Reply-To: <20040922053844.A5FB.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com> Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Re[2]: setiathome X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:04:54 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Gerard Seibert > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:41 AM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > > OK, but why woud I want to run this command: > ./configure --disable-server > Is there a specific reason that I would want or need to disable the > server? > Well, if your setting up your own distributed supercomputer network then maybe you would want a server!!! I don't know, do you have a number crunching project? Otherwise if your just working on seti's or someone else's stuff, you don't need a server. Ted