From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 21 09:04:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4293F106566B for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:04:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from mout2.freenet.de (mout2.freenet.de [IPv6:2001:748:100:40::2:4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E508FC16 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:04:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from [195.4.92.12] (helo=2.mx.freenet.de) by mout2.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #76) id 1Lkx7l-0003QS-AO; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:04:13 +0100 Received: from t8505.t.pppool.de ([89.55.133.5]:30325 helo=ernst.jennejohn.org) by 2.mx.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #79) id 1Lkx7l-0001EZ-2I; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:04:13 +0100 Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:04:10 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Cynthia Flynn <1cynthia2flynn3@telus.net> Message-ID: <20090321100410.1899eb37@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <49C4098A.6030200@telus.net> References: <49C00745.1050607@telus.net> <20090318001138.GF95451@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <20090318113023.7bc51ef4@ernst.jennejohn.org> <49c1fd04.Ul73kIip/JpE7k7C%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <830D8719-1F55-4BE7-B6D5-3C711F2D57C1@exit2shell.com> <49C4098A.6030200@telus.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.14.7; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ports@freebsd.org, rizzo@iet.unipi.it, perryh@pluto.rain.com, Steven Kreuzer Subject: Re: mtools vs X11 (Re: FreeBSD Port: syslinux-3.72) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:04:21 -0000 On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:24:26 -0700 Cynthia Flynn <1cynthia2flynn3@telus.net> wrote: > Steven Kreuzer wrote: > > On Mar 19, 2009, at 4:06 AM, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > >> Gary Jennejohn wrote: > >>> Luigi Rizzo wrote: > >>>> ... Cynthia Flynn wrote: > >>> [snip - syslinux pulls in too much X11 stuff] > >>>> I think the extra dependencies that you find listed for syslinux: > >>>> [snip] > >>>> come directly from mtools ... > >>> > >>> Yeah. It looks like mtools uses X11 by default, which IMHO is > >>> incorrect. Instead it should have an option to turn X11 _on_, > >>> rather than one for turning it _off_, as it currently does. > >> > >> IMO it is a POLA violation for mtools to depend on X11 *at all*. > >> > >> Instead of having an option, maybe the port should be split so that > >> mtools itself just provides the code to access FAT filesystems, and > >> (say) mtools-gui does the fancy display stuff. > > > > mtools already supports WITHOUT_X11 so if you don't want the GUI stuff, > > you can build the port > > without it. Personally, I think it makes more sense for mtools to be the > > full and complete representation > > of the actual program. > > Can someone confirm for me that a normal port install of mtools brings > up a configuration menu in which the WITHOUT_X11 option can be set? I do > not remember seeing any such thing, but it has probably been 6 months > since I last tried it. > mtools doesn't use config options. You have to set them on the command line when you install the port. --- Gary Jennejohn