Port dependencies

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Sat Apr 2 17:03:47 UTC 2011


>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Emmerton <matt at gsicomp.on.ca> writes:

Matt> Every time I see a webserver with X11 on it, it's because of these two.  Of
Matt> course, using ghostscript*-nox11 as well as setting WITHOUT_X11=yes solves a
Matt> lot of this mess, but on a system that's already been "infested", it's
Matt> easier just to rebuild from scratch.

That's one of the first things I do with a fresh system that will be
only a server:

  echo "WITHOUT_X11=yes" >> /etc/make.conf

And then *never* use packages.  Only ports.

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