Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 17:57:45 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org> To: Chris Piazza <cpiazza@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/editors/emacs Makefile Message-ID: <19990705175745.A31889@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199907040328.UAA58434@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Chris Piazza on Sat, Jul 03, 1999 at 08:28:47PM -0700 References: <199907040328.UAA58434@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Jul 03, 1999 at 08:28:47PM -0700, Chris Piazza wrote: > cpiazza 1999/07/03 20:28:46 PDT > > Modified files: > editors/emacs Makefile > Log: > Bring over the NO_X11 changes from emacs20. (define NO_X11 to build without > an X dependancy) Wouldn't the right solution to these problems be to only define USE_XLIB when PACKAGE_BUILDING is defined? The current set of dependencies and handbelts makes us very unfriendly for inexperienced people installing servers; if I had been confronted with this when I started using FreeBSD, I suspect I would have gone right back to using Linux (don't take that as a flame, please, just as an attempt at putting things in perspective - "small" changes technically can make very large differences in usability and friendliness). Another alternative is of course to create a better set of X11 ports - a set where the base doesn't install lots of X-servers or ask lots of questions, but just install the stuff you need to make things work (the libraries, includes, and possibly the fonts, I guess). But the simple solution is to only USE_XLIB when package building for those ports where it was added in order to support package building. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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