Bug 168582 - [request] bsdinstall(8): Select 'server' or 'desktop' at install time.
Summary: [request] bsdinstall(8): Select 'server' or 'desktop' at install time.
Status: Closed Not Accepted
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: bin (show other bugs)
Version: 9.0-RELEASE
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Many People
Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
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Reported: 2012-06-02 17:20 UTC by Rob LA LAU
Modified: 2021-11-05 22:38 UTC (History)
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Description Rob LA LAU 2012-06-02 17:20:10 UTC 
Hi,

I would really appreciate it if I could select 'server' or 'desktop'
installation at install time, which would (or would not) add
'WITHOUT_X11="YES"' to /etc/make.conf. With every installation I do,
I think of this too late, polluting my system with libs I don't need.

I'm quite sure that most FreeBSD installations are server installs that
don't need X. And it's okay if you'd like to try and get more desktop
users to use your system. But it would be equally okay to support more
'traditional' users to keep their systems clean.

Thanks for considering,
  Rob

Fix: 

Add a yes/no to the installation.
How-To-Repeat: Do a fresh install.
Comment 1 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2012-06-04 03:39:02 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-sysinstall

Over to maintainer(s).
Comment 2 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2017-12-31 07:59:57 UTC 
For bugs matching the following criteria:

Status: In Progress Changed: (is less than) 2014-06-01

Reset to default assignee and clear in-progress tags.

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Comment 3 Rob LA LAU 2021-11-05 22:38:17 UTC 
Adopt or abort...

After 9 years I think it's clear that nobody is going to adopt this bug.
So let's just abort it, and keep bugzilla clean and manageable.