What most ports (at least gd/php and maybe tk) need from X11 is nothing more than libfreetype
My simple solution is to copy /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.so.X.X from a box with X11 to the server without X11. Just copy it to /usr/local/lib and everything works. I mean, you could make libs into its own port but then it would have all those other useless libs that the server never uses :) viq [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry if it sounds otherwise, I have no intention of telling anyone what to > do > and how, just sharing some idea I had that could possibly satisfy both sides > of the argument, and maybe allow to avoid bi-weekly reocurring question. > Seeing all those "why can't I compile port XX?" "install xbase" "but I don't > want to install X on my firewall/server/whatever" arguments - maybe it would > be possible to split xbase into xbase and xlibs packages, with the latter > having just some base libraries? > > > I shut up now. > -- > viq -- There is no certainty, there is only opportunity
