On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 05:06:16PM +0100, Moin Rahman wrote:
>
>
> > On Mar 12, 2026, at 16:32, Kurt Jaeger <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> >>>> I just noticed that a poudriere build of dns/bind920 is compiling
> >>>> things like ghostscript and cups.... Is that necessary? Can it be
> >>>> prevented?
> >>>
> >>> This might help, please test:
> >>>
> >>> make config
> >>>
> >>> DOCS=off
> >>
> >> Apologies for being obtuse, is this part of the poudriere command
> >> or something done directly in /usr/ports?
> >
> > This probably can be done in /usr/ports/dns/bind920.
> >
> > I have not tested all the details, but if poudriere is set up properly,
> > it should write some entries to:
> >
> > /var/db/ports/dns_bind920/options
> >
> > which can be copied to
> >
> > /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/options/dns_bind920
> >
> > to be picked up in the next poudriere run.
> >
> >> As an aside, I'd like to
> >> have the man pages, it's the GUI-related material that seems a waste
> >> since this is for a headless server.
> >
> > I have not analysed this in full detail, but I'm not sure man pages
> > and the rest can easily be seperatly build.
> >
> >> As an aside, quite a few Linux programs seem to have no man page.
> >> It would be sad if FreeBSD went that route.
> >
> > I agree, but this depends on the port and the nitty-gritty details
> > of the app itself.
> >
> > --
> > [email protected] +49 171 3101372 Now what ?
> >
>
> Easiest would be:
>
> % echo "dns_bind920_UNSET+=DOCS >> /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/make.conf
>
Hmm, could one substitute
echo "dns_UNSET+=DOCS" >> /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/make.conf
to make the setting apply to everything in /usr/ports/dns ?
Thanks for writing!
bob prohaska
