From owner-freebsd-current Sat Oct 24 15:26:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA11780 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:26:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.kersur.net (mail.kersur.net [199.79.199.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA11755 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:26:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dswartz@druber.com) Received: from manticore (manticore.druber.com [207.180.95.108]) by mail.kersur.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id SAA09894; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 18:26:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981024182609.009c3c60@mail.kersur.net> X-Sender: druber@mail.kersur.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 18:26:09 -0400 To: ben@rosengart.com From: Dan Swartzendruber Subject: Re: 3.0 installation problems Cc: Mike Smith , "Stephen J. Roznowski" , current@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com In-Reply-To: References: <199810242040.NAA07711@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 05:58 PM 10/24/98 -0400, Snob Art Genre wrote: >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. I suppose that would be doable, although it's almost more of a hassle than just copying over the requisite libraries from one of the X-enabled workstations. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message