From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Feb 2 12:19:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3C123D15 for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2000 12:19:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA26388; Wed, 2 Feb 2000 14:19:09 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 14:19:09 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Bill Fumerola Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gd requiring X (was Re: skip requires X?) Message-ID: <20000202141909.B20913@futuresouth.com> References: <20000201213431.G79328@jade.chc-chimes.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <20000201213431.G79328@jade.chc-chimes.com> X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 09:34:31PM -0500, a little birdie told me that Bill Fumerola remarked > > Requiring that web servers with php and gd (or perl and gd or whatever) have > X installed is stupid. And (the way it bit me a little while ago), requiring X to install MRTG on a box is insane. Thus I build MRTG and GD by hand instead of through ports. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message