From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 09:12:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FBDA37B401 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:12:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.sacbee.com (filter.sacbee.com [206.107.198.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D36D43FAF for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:12:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scoile@nandomedia.com) Received: by EXCHANGEMCC with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:13:18 -0700 Received: from [10.1.1.15] (10.1.1.15 [10.1.1.15]) by exchangemcc.mcclatchy.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id MZ03BVQ4; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:13:14 -0700 From: Steve Coile To: Bill Moran Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:43:01 -0400 (EDT) X-X-Sender: scoile@localhost.localdomain In-Reply-To: <3EE9D7D1.1030801@potentialtech.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to tailor installation set? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:12:08 -0000 On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Bill Moran wrote: [...] > Depends on the component and how the previous admin handled things. Most > FreeBSD users use the ports/package system to add/remove programs. The > docs are very good: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html > > However, some parts of FreeBSD are part of "distribution sets" (such as > man pages, source and ports tree) I don't know of any automated way to > remove these from the system. I guess that's my point. FreeBSD is pretty big, even without the ports. My administration philosophy is "minimal function set": only install what will be used. I'd like a clean way to remove a component--for instance development tools, or X, or printing support--from the system without breaking any dependencies. -- Steve Coile Systems Administrator Nando Media ph: 919-861-1200 fax: 919-861-1300 e-mail: sysadmins@nandomedia.com http://www.nandomedia.com