Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:59:04 +0200 From: Bernhard Froehlich <decke@bluelife.at> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, wynkoop@wynn.com Subject: Re: virtualbox on FreeBSD 8.2 Message-ID: <a1496e4aa0eb8a1f9b3b7d33e4fb8e1c@bluelife.at> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108250626110.5142@wonkity.com> References: <f9f87cff74c175e070153918463b7010@bluelife.at> <201108242057.p7OKvsct085044@mail.wynn.com> <1314248865.3239.8.camel@Nokia-N900-42-11> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108250626110.5142@wonkity.com>
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On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:29:28 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 25 Aug 2011, Bernhard Fröhlich wrote: > >> On Mi., 24. Aug. 2011 22:57:54 CEST, wynkoop@wynn.com wrote: >> >>> Here it is: >>> >>> >>> ===> The following configuration options are available for >>> python27-2.7.2_1: THREADS=off "Enable thread support" >>> HUGE_STACK_SIZE=off "Use a larger thread stack" >>> SEM=off "Use POSIX semaphores (experimental)" >>> PTH=off "Use GNU Pth for threading/multiprocessing" >>> UCS4=on "Use UCS4 for unicode support" >>> PYMALLOC=on "Use python's internal malloc" >>> IPV6=on "Enable IPv6 support" >>> FPECTL=off "Enable floating point exception handling" >>> ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings >>> >>> -Brett >> >> Thats it! Virtualbox needs python threads which is enabled per default for python 2.6 and 2.7 but you have disabled it for some reason. >> >> So recompile python 2.7 with the threads option enabled and then compiling vbox should work just fine. > > 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. -- Bernhard Fröhlich http://www.bluelife.at/
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