[MacPorts] #30533: Remove mention of X11 from your reqs webpage: I installed xorg-server accidentally after misreading the page

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Mon Aug 1 19:14:26 PDT 2011


#30533: Remove mention of X11 from your reqs webpage: I installed xorg-server
accidentally after misreading the page
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 Reporter:  jasonspiro4@…          |       Owner:  jmpp@…           
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  new              
 Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:                   
Component:  website                |     Version:                   
 Keywords:                         |        Port:                   
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 [http://www.macports.org/install.php#requirements
 www.macports.org/install.php#requirements] includes three sentences about
 X11.  I skimmed them too fast.  So I didn't realize all modern versions of
 OS X -- 10.5 "Leopard" and newer -- preinstall X11 by default.

 I didn't know where this MacBook's OS X DVD was.  So I used MacPorts to
 build and install a second copy of X11, not knowing that I already had one
 copy installed.  I wasted time, disk space, and electricity.

 Please remove X11 from the list of MacPorts requirements, so that nobody
 else will make the same mistake as me.  :)

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30533>
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