Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:50:26 +0100 From: Tino Engel <elrap@web.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I prevent a port from installing? Message-ID: <47466A22.2060205@web.de> In-Reply-To: <20071122174115.GA23792@parts-unknown.org> References: <20071122174115.GA23792@parts-unknown.org>
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David Benfell schrieb: > Hello all, > > I don't know what the story is, but Java is locking up my > system badly. Even if I knew how to get details, I wouldn't > be able to because the system is completely unresponsive. > > As a workaround, I have gone into /usr/ports/distfiles and > renamed the jdk* files to names with DO-NOT-INSTALL in > capital letters and linked the original filenames to /dev/null. > > I do not want java installing again on this system ever under > any circumstances. > > With java, at least, I believe I have to download the files by > hand if there is ever an update. But what if I identify other > ports that are causing me problems? > > Also, in deinstalling jdk, I found that apache-ant relied upon > it, but I couldn't see what depended on apache-ant. Is there > a workaround for apache-ant? > > Thanks! > > A way to prevent java from installing would be to do chmod 000 /usr/ports/java/*jre* /usr/ports/java/*jdk* Tino
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