Subject: Re: Emacs Package Question
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
From: Timo Schmidt <list-netbsd@xomit.de>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/13/2002 03:37:25
* Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com> [2002-05-13 03:17:36]:
>
> Jeff Flowers <jeffrey@jeffreyf.net> writes:
> > 
> > > [...]
> >
> > I just tried "emacs -nw" and "emacs --no-windows" and I still got
> > the message. I don't understand why pkg_add allowed me to do this
> > when I don't have X installed.
> 
> [...]
> 
> The person who told you to try -nw wasn't thinking -- if a program
> wants a shared library, no parms you can pass it could ever change the
> fact that it won't run without that library.

Yes you're right, I wasn't thinking. The parameter could not solve
Jeff's problem. The installed emacs will not run without the appropriate
libraries.

  -Timo