From owner-freebsd-ports Mon May 1 11: 0:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E08437BF7B; Mon, 1 May 2000 11:00:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e41IUcu29104; Mon, 1 May 2000 11:30:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:30:38 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Randy Katz Cc: Shawn Barnhart , "questions@freebsd.org" , ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stop complaining about x11 please (was: Re: Why does PORTS SUCK so BADLY!?) Message-ID: <20000501113038.I24573@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <009b01bfb389$96546cf0$b8209fc0@marlowe> <20000501101044.F24573@fw.wintelcom.net> <00b901bfb38f$e4625cd0$b8209fc0@marlowe> <20000501105116.B32172@ccsales.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000501105116.B32172@ccsales.com>; from fastpoint@ccsales.com on Mon, May 01, 2000 at 10:51:16AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Randy Katz [000501 11:21] wrote: > Guys!!! > > Oh come on, can't you try ./configure --help > All the parameters are there....that is if you know how to cd to the source (src) directory...!!! no, ports should handle this, and is quite capable of handling it, if no one has this done by the weekend and it's ok with the ports master I'll implement it myself. I was very annoyed to see that mrtg pulled in python which pulled in X11 and a lot of other huge items just because mrtg comes with a single python script that I didn't want. Ports are supposed to be easy and the way to avoid mucking with terribly annoying configure scripts. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message