Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:17:39 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Just wanted to install vim - had to spend entire day building X11 Message-ID: <20110110221739.4311dc70@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20110110164204.4895fff0@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <AANLkTin_c0j9fbp-YMYx4mfdWsc4w3Zx5mgWB09mHbHC@mail.gmail.com> <xeiak4id6sbw.fsf@kobe.laptop> <AANLkTimPD7Msjc6B-r=YEK26nJQ8nq=5sGUoaS-%2BhJu_@mail.gmail.com> <xeiaaaj96kgm.fsf@kobe.laptop> <AANLkTik0F%2BPQSqQ1PkxZwWjaEdamqa=0RJ3PeE57-CbR@mail.gmail.com> <20110110164204.4895fff0@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:42:04 +0000 RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:00:39 -0500 > Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:56 AM, Giorgos Keramidas > > <keramida@freebsd.org>wrote: > > > > > I'm sorry that you had to install software that you don't really > > > need and I can help you clean up by saving your installed ports as > > > 'binary packages' and re-installing just the bits that you > > > _really_ want to have around. Other than that, I don't know if > > > there's any way to change the status quo of the vim ports to be > > > able to satisfy automatically both types of user needs. > > > > > > > > My not a 'make config' target that asks weather we want > > vim/gvim/xvim (if X isn't installed?) > > There's already a slave port FWIW I just had a look and for me there is practically no difference. The additional direct dependencies are commonplace desktop dependency ports, and the vim binary shrinks from 1.7MB to 1.4MB, just 298kB.
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