Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 17:13:18 -0400 From: Tom McLaughlin <tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@highperformance.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pare Down Dependencies from Gnome Message-ID: <1144012398.1978.112.camel@bofh> In-Reply-To: <44300AB3.3040500@highperformance.net> References: <442ED838.90000@highperformance.net> <1143945166.1978.65.camel@bofh> <44300AB3.3040500@highperformance.net>
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On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 10:32 -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote: > Tom McLaughlin wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 11:44 -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > >> I am having a hard time tracking down how some dependencies get hooked > > ** snip ** > > Thanks for the great answer. That should help. The "WITHOUT*" options > you listed will get me part way there. The kerberos problem I observe > might need some attention. And evolution, well, it's a bit presumptuous > to think I want to add the evolution data service to my network just to > run gnome but oh well. I'll build it and then make sure it's disabled. > Evolution data server isn't a network service. > A desktop environment should not _dictate_ network service dependencies. > If there is a network service dependency then that feature should > be optional and turned on by the user. (my $.02) I can't think of any network servers that Gnome forces the installation of, only network clients. As a rule, any network servers installed from the ports tree are disabled and need to be enabled by the user. Tom -- | tmclaugh at sdf.lonestar.org tmclaugh at FreeBSD.org | | FreeBSD http://www.FreeBSD.org | | BSD# http://www.mono-project.com/Mono:FreeBSD |
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