From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 9 20:01:00 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 8E0A1F8 for ; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 20:01:00 +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 4A3EE1EAF for ; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 20:01:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.easydns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6418E5DF; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 16:00:57 -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 JXf9JIb1euKK; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 16:00:56 -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 E7B3CE5AE; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 16:00:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ares.hayers.org (mx1.hayers.org [127.0.0.1]) by ares.hayers.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 514D439911E; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 21:00:54 +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 dZ6F8NWmeRoI; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 21:00:41 +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 46AD839911C; Sun, 9 Jun 2013 21:00:41 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <51B4DEF4.4070503@hayers.org> Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:00:52 +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: <51B4CFCA.3010705@hayers.org> 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 20:01:00 -0000 No worries, no such thing as a silly question :) On 09/06/2013 20:51, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:56:10 +0100, Gary J. Hayers wrote: > >> 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? > > Ah, src.conf. That's what I missed!. Thank you so much Gary, and sorry if > it was a silly question. > > _______________________________________________ > 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