Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:56:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: "Mike A. Oligny" <mike@freebsd.schema.ca>, <ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Protecting yourself from gnome Message-ID: <20020618105513.T1723-100000@master.gorean.org> In-Reply-To: <1024415406.313.8.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com>
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On 18 Jun 2002, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> You should probably familiarize yourself with a new port's Makefile. If
> you set WITHOUT_GNOME in /etc/make.conf, that will protect you from
> GNOME-optional ports.
I think the point being lost here is that it should not be the user's
responsibility to protect themselves from gnome. If I don't say "I want
gnome," and don't have any gnome bits installed, gnome should not inflict
itself on me.
Doug
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