Re: buildworld selectively?

2013-06-10 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:08:23 -0400, Robert Huff wrote: Walter Hurry writes: Fair enough. Point taken, thanks. Nevertheless I see no reason to compile stuff I neither want nor need. While I endorse the principle ... it can be difficult for the casual user to know which parts can

Re: buildworld selectively?

2013-06-10 Thread Adam Vande More
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org wrote: Walter Hurry walterhu...@gmail.com writes: Ah, src.conf. That's what I missed!. Thank you so much Gary, and sorry if it was a silly question. Bear in mind that you're only going to be able to

Re: buildworld selectively?

2013-06-10 Thread Robert Huff
Walter Hurry writes: Fair enough. Point taken, thanks. Nevertheless I see no reason to compile stuff I neither want nor need. While I endorse the principle ... it can be difficult for the casual user to know which parts can be removed without blowing up things they want.

buildworld selectively?

2013-06-09 Thread Walter Hurry
As a relative newcomer to FreeBSD I am planning a 'make buildworld' for the first time. Since this is likely to be a lengthy process (my first attempt will be in a virtual machine), I am wondering whether it is possible to be at all selective about what is built. I have read the handbook

Re: buildworld selectively?

2013-06-09 Thread Gary J. Hayers
Have a read of the man page for /etc/src.conf On 09/06/2013 19:52, Walter Hurry wrote: As a relative newcomer to FreeBSD I am planning a 'make buildworld' for the first time. Since this is likely to be a lengthy process (my first attempt will be in a virtual machine), I am wondering whether it

Re: buildworld selectively?

2013-06-09 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:56:10 +0100, Gary J. Hayers wrote: Have a read of the man page for /etc/src.conf On 09/06/2013 19:52, Walter Hurry wrote: As a relative newcomer to FreeBSD I am planning a 'make buildworld' for the first time. Since this is likely to be a lengthy process (my first

Re: buildworld selectively?

2013-06-09 Thread Gary J. Hayers
No worries, no such thing as a silly question :) On 09/06/2013 20:51, Walter Hurry wrote: On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:56:10 +0100, Gary J. Hayers wrote: Have a read of the man page for /etc/src.conf On 09/06/2013 19:52, Walter Hurry wrote: As a relative newcomer to FreeBSD I am planning a 'make

Re: buildworld selectively?

2013-06-09 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Walter Hurry walterhu...@gmail.com writes: Ah, src.conf. That's what I missed!. Thank you so much Gary, and sorry if it was a silly question. Bear in mind that you're only going to be able to shave a small fraction off the build time. by excluding parts of the build. The 'games' section in

Re: buildworld selectively?

2013-06-09 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:27:52 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Walter Hurry walterhu...@gmail.com writes: Ah, src.conf. That's what I missed!. Thank you so much Gary, and sorry if it was a silly question. Bear in mind that you're only going to be able to shave a small fraction off the build

Re: buildworld selectively?

2013-06-09 Thread Robert Huff
Walter Hurry writes: Fair enough. Point taken, thanks. Nevertheless I see no reason to compile stuff I neither want nor need. While I endorse the principle ... it can be difficult for the casual user to know which parts can be removed without blowing up things they want.