Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:04:10 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> To: Cynthia Flynn <1cynthia2flynn3@telus.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, rizzo@iet.unipi.it, perryh@pluto.rain.com, Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@exit2shell.com> Subject: Re: mtools vs X11 (Re: FreeBSD Port: syslinux-3.72) Message-ID: <20090321100410.1899eb37@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <49C4098A.6030200@telus.net> References: <49C00745.1050607@telus.net> <20090318001138.GF95451@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <20090318113023.7bc51ef4@ernst.jennejohn.org> <49c1fd04.Ul73kIip/JpE7k7C%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <830D8719-1F55-4BE7-B6D5-3C711F2D57C1@exit2shell.com> <49C4098A.6030200@telus.net>
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On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:24:26 -0700 Cynthia Flynn <1cynthia2flynn3@telus.net> wrote: > Steven Kreuzer wrote: > > On Mar 19, 2009, at 4:06 AM, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > >> Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> wrote: > >>> Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> wrote: > >>>> ... Cynthia Flynn wrote: > >>> [snip - syslinux pulls in too much X11 stuff] > >>>> I think the extra dependencies that you find listed for syslinux: > >>>> [snip] > >>>> come directly from mtools ... > >>> > >>> Yeah. It looks like mtools uses X11 by default, which IMHO is > >>> incorrect. Instead it should have an option to turn X11 _on_, > >>> rather than one for turning it _off_, as it currently does. > >> > >> IMO it is a POLA violation for mtools to depend on X11 *at all*. > >> > >> Instead of having an option, maybe the port should be split so that > >> mtools itself just provides the code to access FAT filesystems, and > >> (say) mtools-gui does the fancy display stuff. > > > > mtools already supports WITHOUT_X11 so if you don't want the GUI stuff, > > you can build the port > > without it. Personally, I think it makes more sense for mtools to be the > > full and complete representation > > of the actual program. > > Can someone confirm for me that a normal port install of mtools brings > up a configuration menu in which the WITHOUT_X11 option can be set? I do > not remember seeing any such thing, but it has probably been 6 months > since I last tried it. > mtools doesn't use config options. You have to set them on the command line when you install the port. --- Gary Jennejohn
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