Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 15:11:48 +0100 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dependency explosions Message-ID: <20161003151148.4860ca1a@curlew.lan> In-Reply-To: <19d248ae-8919-fdc9-84e8-ff90ae761e6f@gjunka.com> References: <2df71272-7b98-ad73-650a-3ec70beb71d5@freebsd.org> <d14d1aaf-5bdb-2e09-2892-2e32c4db0810@FreeBSD.org> <19d248ae-8919-fdc9-84e8-ff90ae761e6f@gjunka.com>
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On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 13:11:43 +0000 Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com> wrote: > Shouldn't all packages default to noX dependencies? If I am not mistaken > FreeBSD is predominantly a server-side system, with X running only > occasionally I'd disagree with that. I don't know whether or not the majority of FreeBSD installations are servers or personal computers but the chances are that the majority of server installations will have relatively few packages installed whereas most PC's are likely to make use of far more packages and are also likely to be using X. Building from ports to get the required options would be a much bigger task for these installations than it would be for the servers. -- Mike Clarke
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