Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 07:03:28 -0700 From: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Omg upgrade wants to install MySQL Message-ID: <CC009D0F-DC36-4D9B-85AA-3B00EEF4A909@kreme.com> In-Reply-To: <2f7865de-e8be-002e-b9a1-4a409e2e3da1@grosbein.net> References: <4B1C9CF4-9ACF-429A-B060-A8A7DA41C5FF@kreme.com> <b002373c-f50e-6f02-e22b-fa6637e2aed5@grosbein.net> <FBB80C33-816D-4B9A-9DE0-5B5C6854B37A@kreme.com> <2f7865de-e8be-002e-b9a1-4a409e2e3da1@grosbein.net>
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On 02 Nov 2019, at 20:29, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> wrote: > 03.11.2019 9:20, @lbutlr wrote: >=20 >> On 02 Nov 2019, at 19:35, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> wrote: >>> I prefer third option. Sometimes it is handy to "pkg lock" packages = you installed from ports buiklt with non-default options, too. >>=20 >> If I could tell which pkg install is going to install MySQL and libX = stuff I would lock those, but I Dion=E2=80=99t see anyway to check that. >=20 > You need to lock MariaDB. MariaDB *is* locked. Both client and server. Pkg update was still going = to install MySQL. >> And it does seem odd that pkg is still assuming MySQL and desktop = FreeBSD. >> I know of many 120 FreeBSD servers and not one has a GUI desktop. >> I mean, I am sure they exist, but they must be a pretty tiny sliver. >=20 > First, it is NOT pkg assuming anything. Package repository has = packages built from ports with their *default* options > and pkg merely uses them. Fine. Ports assuming MySQL. > Second, support of X headers/formats/libraries does not assume = "desktop" FreeBSD > and does not install any graphical environment but generally only some = small headers or libs, > not even libX11 not to mention heavy window managers or desktop = environment. A whole lot of X11 cruft gets installed if you do not go through and = disable X11. A LOT. So there is some assumption in the defaults that = there will be a desktop environment, yes.
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