On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 10:51:43PM +0100, Richard Brooks wrote: > 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 >
Needing X components is common for ports building. I am not sure if X is needed for running syslog-ng, but unless you are customizing or updating syslog-ng, why would you want to build it? It is readily available for both -current and earlier versions as a pre-built package. Chris Bennett
