From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 21 20:13:50 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 74AA21065672 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:13:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [199.26.172.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A10A8FC13 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:13:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id n2LKDcnd019446 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:13:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id n2LKDcnO019445; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:13:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fbsd61 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA04902; Sat, 21 Mar 09 12:07:21 PST Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:06:22 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: wxs@freebsd.org Message-Id: <49c548be.Q0xaxZT5EOWlX8s/%perryh@pluto.rain.com> 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> <49C43643.1000709@telus.net> <20090321130012.GA13049@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <20090321130012.GA13049@atarininja.org> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ports@freebsd.org, 1cynthia2flynn3@telus.net, skreuzer@exit2shell.com 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 List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:13:50 -0000 Wesley Shields wrote: > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 05:35:15PM -0700, Cynthia Flynn wrote: > > Steven Kreuzer wrote: > > > On Mar 20, 2009, at 5:24 PM, Cynthia Flynn wrote: > > >> 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. > > > > > > when you do a make install for the mtools port, it does not > > > prompt you if you would like to build the port without X11. > > > This can be enabled by passing -DWITHOUT_X11 to make, or > > > adding WITHOUT_X11=yes to make.conf to apply it to all ports > > > that you build on that system > > > > And I should have to dig into each potential port to investigate > > whether such options might exist before finding out the hard way > > that my system is going to be loaded up with things I neither > > need nor want? Not a very user friendly approach. > > There is a "missing" target which will show you what will be > installed if you were to build the port. So "make missing" is the shovel. The question stands. One reason for POLA is to minimize the *need* for such defensive practices.