Lots of data passing by on xfree86

Bryan Blackburn blb at macports.org
Tue Nov 4 02:00:32 PST 2008


On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 01:43:07AM -0800, Scott Haneda said:
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> 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?

Right, the base X11 dependency is usually specified in a way that, if you
have the X11User and X11SDK packages installed, they will be used;
otherwise, MacPorts will try to install the XFree86 port.

Bryan

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