Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 10:54:05 -0800 From: Matthew Reimer <mreimer@vpop.net> To: dan@freebsddiary.org Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: skip requires X? Message-ID: <38972BCD.320EA21B@vpop.net> References: <200002010836.VAA82086@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>
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X is only needed for skiptool. You can build and run SKIP without X, by doing something (roughly) like this: - comment out BUILD_DEPENDS and LIB_DEPENDS in security/skip/Makefile - comment out skiptool & skipstat_ui in the various Makefiles - comment out skiptool & skipstat_ui in scripts/pre-install Matt Dan Langille wrote: > > Please tell me I'm wrong. Does skip really need X windows in order to > build? Is that really necessary? What about us poor sods that > don't/can't run X? What's the best course of action to get skip > installed? > > This is annoyingly similar to the webalizer issue (ports/16354). Are > more and more ports [maintainers] assuming X? I don't think I > understand the issue[s] enough to comment. > -- > Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited [I'm looking for more work] > The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.freebsddiary.org/ > NZ FreeBSD User Group - http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org/ > The Racing System - http://www.racingsystem.com/ > unix @ home - http://www.unixathome.org/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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