From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 9 18:56:50 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26BE1DD8 for ; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 18:56:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary@hayers.org) Received: from mailout.easydns.com (mailout.easydns.com [64.68.200.141]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB5C91A9A for ; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 18:56:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.easydns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A895EE5C3; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 14:56:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mailout.easydns.com Received: from mailout.easydns.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailout.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id SsNgIudeO4zO; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 14:56:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ares.hayers.org (cpc1-tilb7-2-0-cust218.basl.cable.virginmedia.com [94.168.104.219]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout.easydns.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2F0DFE43E; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 14:56:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ares.hayers.org (mx1.hayers.org [127.0.0.1]) by ares.hayers.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34BDF398F5F; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 19:56:35 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: HCF running on mx1.hayers.org Received: from ares.hayers.org ([127.0.0.1]) by ares.hayers.org (mx1.hayers.org [127.0.0.1]) (HCF-Sophos-SpamAssassin, port 10024) with ESMTP id bQuw4zFR135c; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 19:56:04 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.8.2] (zeus.hayers.org [192.168.8.2]) (Authenticated sender: gary) by ares.hayers.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 155813990AD; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 19:56:04 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <51B4CFCA.3010705@hayers.org> Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:56:10 +0100 From: "Gary J. Hayers" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:22.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/22.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Walter Hurry , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: buildworld selectively? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:56:50 -0000 Have a read of the man page for /etc/src.conf On 09/06/2013 19:52, Walter Hurry wrote: > As a relative newcomer to FreeBSD I am planning a 'make buildworld' for > the first time. Since this is likely to be a lengthy process (my first > attempt will be in a virtual machine), I am wondering whether it is > possible to be at all selective about what is built. > > I have read the handbook section thoroughly, and shall follow the > procedure recommended. I have also consulted 'man make.conf', but have > been unable to establish an answer. > > For example, I do not require 'games'. > > Is there a way of achieving this? > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Gary J. Hayers gary@hayers.org PGP Signature http://www.hayers.org/pgp