Re: Why does pkg insist on replacing "normal" ports with -nox11 ones?

On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 05:55:54PM +0300, Gleb Popov wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote:
> >
> > I don't get it.  Why would pkg want to be installing "-nox11"
> > versions of things?
> 
> Why not? You specified a port origin rather than a package name for
> some reason. This origin gives rise to several packages and pkg
> chooses one of them. If you want a specific variant (without -nox11)
> then spell it in the install command.

Huh.  OK; thanks for that.

Peace,
david
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