Recently I discovered that in order to build a port (specifically the syslog-ng port) that my OpenBSD would need to have X11 installed. Other than for this requirement I had no desire for X11 on my build of OpenBSD.
When building/installing an OpenBSD system one is given the options of including several X11 components. My first question is, if one is installing X11 purely to facilitate the building of ports. What are the minimum X11 components one is required to install? The second question I would like to ask is how far off would a full blown X11 system be from this minimum? Finally, security wise, to what extent does the installing X11 weaken security or make the system more vulnerable to attack? Thanking you in anticipation. Regards Richard
