Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:31:27 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Just wanted to install vim - had to spend entire day building X11 Message-ID: <20110110143127.099477c9@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimPD7Msjc6B-r=YEK26nJQ8nq=5sGUoaS-%2BhJu_@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTin_c0j9fbp-YMYx4mfdWsc4w3Zx5mgWB09mHbHC@mail.gmail.com> <xeiak4id6sbw.fsf@kobe.laptop> <AANLkTimPD7Msjc6B-r=YEK26nJQ8nq=5sGUoaS-%2BhJu_@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:43:13 +0100 Tony Maserati <abletony84@gmail.com> wrote: > I hear that - but if I want gvim I'll install gvim. What it's doing > here is installing something I didn't ask for, well actually, it's > fooling me into giving me something I don't need. It's not as if gvim is something separate. gvim is just a symlink to vim that gets installed when vim is built with GUI support. It seems a sensible arrangement; desktops already have Xorg, servers that have no need of it should have WITHOUT_X11 set globally.
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