Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:59:54 -0500 From: Rusty Nejdl <rnejdl@ringofsaturn.com> To: <freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: virtualbox on FreeBSD 8.2 Message-ID: <assp.021810285c.2144761c39a0590435faf8a1c6a57cef@ringofsaturn.com> In-Reply-To: <201108252055.p7PKtI3J001414@mail.wynn.com> References: <201108252055.p7PKtI3J001414@mail.wynn.com>
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On 25.08.2011 15:55, wynkoop@wynn.com wrote: >> On Thu, 25 Aug 2011, Bernhard Froehlich wrote: >> >> >> Should the virtualbox port Makefile set BROKEN if Python threads >> are missing? >> > >> > No. This is a port option that is enabled per default. Modifying >> port >> > options is always on your own risk and the general rule is that >> ports >> > don't check that. >> >> One of the functions of a port is to make sure the requirements are >> in >> place, or fail gracefully if they aren't. But I understand what you >> are saying, and don't know if there's a good way to do this anyway. > > Greeting- > > I am rebuilding now and will let everyone know if it works now that > python > is built with threads. > > I think that if the port needs python threads it should SAY > SOMETHING. > > I spent a month on this before asking for help. Now maybe I should > not > have spent so much time, but the net is full of posts in various > places > about virtualbox not building, so I wanted to run down the already > ASKED and > ANSWERED before bothering people. > > I have seen other ports fail if a pre-req was not built according to > the > ports liking. I do not know how it is done, but I know it can be > done. > > Thanks everyone and I will post my results when my build is done. > > -Brett > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-emulation-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I was building a port that depended on threaded perl and used code like this: .if exists(${PERL}) PERL_THREADS!= ${PERL} -V::usethreads .if ${PERL_THREADS}!="'define';" IGNORE= needs a threaded Perl, build with WITH_THREADS=yes flag and try again .endif .else IGNORE= needs an existing installation of Perl built with WITH_THREADS=yes .endif Perhaps you could use something similar? Rusty Nejdl
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