Caution, bad advice ahead...

Travers Buda wrote on Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:05:35PM -0500:
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> * Dan Liu <miraclecome@gmail.com> [2008-05-28 00:42:44]:

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>> At first I install all the packages from the install43.iso except bsd.mp.

That's good practice for testing stuff (bsd.mp can't do harm, either).

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>> Because I run openbsd on my virtualbox,I can not start X.
>> I just test openbsd to use as a postfix server,so I want to remove all
>> the x* and games.

Why, which problem are you trying to solve?
Simply leave them, in particular when you are just testing.
Some unused files cause no harm; some of them might even come
in handy where you least expect they could.
When you try to remove base components without knowing
what you are doing, chances are you break your system.

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>> Could some one help me.  I am a green hand here.

Then don't do non-standard stunts until you have learnt the basics.

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> for i in xbase xetc xfond xserv xshare; do
>   rm -rf `cat /usr/xenocara/distrib/sets/lists/$i/mi`;

Travers, did you test that on your own machine before posting?
I'm quite fond of your spelling "xfond".

Unless i'm quite mistaken, that's exceptionally terrible advice:

 $ cd /usr/xenocara/distrib/sets/lists/xbase/
 $ cvs status mi | grep Work
   Working revision:    1.19
 $ head -n 1 mi
   ./etc

You don't want to

  rm -rf /etc /usr /var

do you?

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> done

Yeah, sort of, indeed.
Granted, your suggestion removes X, too - among others...