From owner-freebsd-current Sat Oct 24 14:59:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA10713 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 14:59:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from echonyc.com (echonyc.com [198.67.15.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA10708 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 14:59:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from benedict@echonyc.com) Received: from localhost by echonyc.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA14213; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 17:58:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 17:58:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Snob Art Genre Reply-To: ben@rosengart.com To: Mike Smith cc: Dan Swartzendruber , "Stephen J. Roznowski" , current@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: 3.0 installation problems In-Reply-To: <199810242040.NAA07711@dingo.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I would suggest compiling emacs up from the ports collection; if it doesn't detect X libraries on the system, it will link without them. On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > Speaking of irritating installation issues: why do I have to install X > > to use emacs? I seem to recall, back in my linux days, that there was > > an emacs executable that didn't require X. The standard emacs binary > > requires a bunch of non vty libraries that I don't really want to have > > to install on stripped-down servers. > > If the machine is "stripped down", then you sure don't want Emacs on it. > Try one of the lighter clones, and save yourself the worry. Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message