From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 07:17:32 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D49916A420 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:17:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25EFC13C458 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:17:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IwYDV-0007xS-30 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:17:17 +0000 Received: from 128-193-247-224.resnet.oregonstate.edu ([128.193.247.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:17:17 +0000 Received: from Z_kline by 128-193-247-224.resnet.oregonstate.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:17:17 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "Zachary Kline" Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:17:01 -0800 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <44079.9636221074$1196053676@news.gmane.org> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 128-193-247-224.resnet.oregonstate.edu X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 071125-0, 11/25/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Sender: news Subject: Re: Confusion about Ports and options framework X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:17:32 -0000 "RW" wrote in message news:44079.9636221074$1196053676@news.gmane.org... > On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:24:32 -0800 > "Zachary Kline" wrote: > >> Hi, >> I've read through the sections of the handbook quite carefully, >> and haven't quite found what I'm looking for. >> To be specific, I've no plans to install X11 or anything like it >> on this machine yet. I may do so in the future merely to see how >> accessible Gnome and such are, but not now. >> I note that /usr/ports/editors/emacs has several environment >> variables which can be set, such as WITHOUT_X11. > Call me dense, if you like. I'm not quite sure how to do that. Would a simple WITHOUT_X11=YES or similar pull it off? I got the impression those were environment variables, and not something specific to make. But my software development knowledge in this area is next to nothing. I guess I have to get used to reading manpages. Looking through the one on make.conf left me imperfectly edified. It's hard to know when I'd actually need to change anything in there for practical use. Any help would be much appreciated, Zack.