Deinstalling X-windows

Robert Huff roberthuff at rcn.com
Mon Oct 16 06:26:30 PDT 2006


Chris writes:

>  Can I deep six them, or, because they are now in the base, should
>  I keep them for the integrity of the installation? I apologize
>  that I can't test this myself, I don't have a non- production
>  machine to play with just now.

	I believe there are ports that require X (or at least a subset
of it) to build but not to run.  Others will do so _unless_ you set
the appropriate flag using "make config" or by using make variables.
(No, I don't have a list or know how to generate one.)


				Robert Huff


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