Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:02:08 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NO_X in /etc/defaults/make.conf Message-ID: <15074.62064.794195.783746@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <52273847@toto.iv>
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Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> types: > > Hi, > > in /etc/defaults/make.conf there is an option "NO_X". Do I want or > > need this, if I'm using the ports version of XFree 4.03 ? Would it > > destroy anything, if set to TRUE ? > > BTW, I already have XFREE86_VERSION=4 in /etc/make.conf . Sorry I missed the original. The answer is that you probably don't want to add this to any system that's running X. > I seem to understand that the NO_X option is used for removing X > support from those ported programs which can function without X. More accurately, if a port can be built without X support, turning on NO_X should build the version without X support. For instance, you might want ghostscript sans X on a server that's providing printer support. On the other hand, if you do have X, probably want X support. Some programs won't run on a system without the X libraries if built without NO_X, which is really why it exists. > I have always installed X -- most of my software, actually -- via > the ports mechanism. <disclaimer> I am not aware of any potential > problems which might arise when X is installed otherwise > </disclaimer>. I appear to understand <answer type="tentative"> that > some ports look for installed libraries & suchlike. Thus the > installation method (ports or packages) should be > immaterial. </answer> The only difference between installing via ports and installing via packages is that ports are built in your environment, including whatever you have in /etc/make.conf. Packages are built in a "standard" environment, presumably with no /etc/make.conf. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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