From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Oct 4 11:17:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from misha.cisco.com (misha.cisco.com [171.69.206.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1219F14A04; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 11:17:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mi@misha.cisco.com) Received: (from mi@localhost) by misha.cisco.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id OAA60317; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 14:17:09 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mi) Message-Id: <199910041817.OAA60317@misha.cisco.com> Subject: Re: Dedicated Servers and XFree86 In-Reply-To: <37F6E3F6.C8119977@dreamfire.net> from Sean-Paul Rees at "Oct 2, 1999 10:04:54 pm" To: Sean-Paul Rees Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 14:17:09 -0400 (EDT) Cc: ports@freebsd.org, andreas@freebsd.org Reply-To: mi@aldan.algebra.com From: Mikhail Teterin X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL60 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sean-Paul Rees once wrote: > I was attempting to install PostgreSQL on a server today, and it > requires TK8.0. TK requires X. This particular server runs headless, > keyboardless, and is controlled 100% by remote. I'd rather not have X > installed, to save diskspace and any present/future security holes it > may open. > > How do I get the software I want, without having to install X; or is X > pretty much a necessity? This is a brokenness in the ports... Try forcing the build anyway, by simply commenting out dependence on TK. PostgreSQL's configure will not find Tk and should hum along. Another example is Amanda, which requires gnuplot, which requires X; or, my favorite -- apsfilter which requires g3-something (to print faxes), which comes from mgetty+sendfax. You go to setup printing and end up setting up faxing (possibly, without a fax-modem). -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message