On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Bill Moran wrote: [...] > Depends on the component and how the previous admin handled things. Most > FreeBSD users use the ports/package system to add/remove programs. The > docs are very good: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html > > However, some parts of FreeBSD are part of "distribution sets" (such as > man pages, source and ports tree) I don't know of any automated way to > remove these from the system.
I guess that's my point. FreeBSD is pretty big, even without the ports. My administration philosophy is "minimal function set": only install what will be used. I'd like a clean way to remove a component--for instance development tools, or X, or printing support--from the system without breaking any dependencies. -- Steve Coile Systems Administrator Nando Media ph: 919-861-1200 fax: 919-861-1300 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nandomedia.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
