Lots of data passing by on xfree86

[Scott Haneda]

On Nov 4, 2008, at 1:39 AM, Bryan Blackburn wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 01:19:47AM -0800, Scott Haneda said:
>> Hello, I just installed macPorts on a clean 10.5 system.  I  
>> installed the
>> dmg for leopard.  All I have done so far is add the opt path and  
>> man path
>> to .bashrc, then I ran sudo port -d selfupdate.
>>
>> I ran sudo port install mrtg and it took too long, so I added in  
>> the -d
>> flag, and I see literally, hundreds of thousands of lines of text  
>> going by
>> which looks like to be for xfree86.
>
> X11 is a requirement for a number of ports, and having a full install
> includes both the X11User package (which I believe is now installed by
> default in 10.5) and the X11SDK, which comes with Xcode.   
> Information on
> these can be found in the guide:
>
> <http://guide.macports.org/#installing>

I take it I must have no installed x11, so ports is trying to get  
something equivalent in this case?  I will drop the CD in and install  
it when I get a chance to get to the machine.  In that case, will  
ports not bother with the xfree86 parts?

>> Just curious, thanks.
>>
>> Also, any idea when a mrtg update may be coming out, the one in  
>> ports is a
>> tad bit outdated, but I am sure it will work more than fine.
>
> Best thing here is to file a ticket:
>
> <http://trac.macports.org/newticket>
>
> since I don't already see one for upgrading mrtg.


Cool, thanks, I will do do.
--
Scott