removing base software

[Chuck Swiger]

Tom wrote:
> how do i remove base system software safely?  i did the minimal installation 
> with man pages ( and no more ).  my server does not need sendmail, telnet and 
> the printing system.  since i have read the handbook, i know that these are 
> not ports and do not fall under the pkg_* utilities.  so, how do i remove 
> them ( or prevent them from getting installed in the first place )?

See /etc/defaults/make.conf:

# To avoid building various parts of the base system:
#NO_CVS=        true    # do not build CVS
#NO_BIND=       true    # do not build BIND
#NO_FORTRAN=    true    # do not build g77 and related libraries
#NO_I4B=        true    # do not build isdn4bsd package
#NO_IPFILTER=   true    # do not build IP Filter package
#NO_LPR=        true    # do not build lpr and related programs

...which will allow you to build your own version of FreeBSD with only 
the base components you want, which you can then burn to a CD for use in 
installations.

-- 
-Chuck