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Date:      Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:50:08 +0000
From:      David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net>
To:        Nikos Ntarmos <ntarmos@cs.uoi.gr>
Cc:        jsa@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: multimedia/vlc Compile failure on upgrade
Message-ID:  <201011222050.08670.david@vizion2000.net>
In-Reply-To: <20101122201526.GE8810@asgard.cs.uoi.gr>
References:  <201011211517.22012.david@vizion2000.net> <201011211718.14091.david@vizion2000.net> <20101122201526.GE8810@asgard.cs.uoi.gr>

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> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 05:18:13PM +0000, David Southwell wrote:
> > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:17:21 +0000
> > > 
> > > David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:12:11 +0000
> > > > > 
> > > > > David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> wrote:
> > > > > > I posted about this failure some time ago but have had no useful
> > > > > > response. I jhave also not heard from the maintainer so I thought
> > > > > > another posting might be helpful. I understand others have a
> > > > > > similar problem.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks in advance for any assistance
> > > > > 
> > > > > Which version of FreeBSD are you using?
> > > > > 
> > > > > The posix_spawn_file_actions stuff didn't appear until 8.0.
> > > > > 
> > > > > There's a patch under files for older versions of FreeBSD, but it
> > > > > looks like the patch doesn't match this version of vlc.
> > > > 
> > > > Version is Freebsd 7.2 p3
> > > > 
> > > > Somone also reported the identical failure with 7.3
> > > 
> > > The apparently out-of-date patch is for all FreeBSD versions < 800040.
> > 
> > I have cc'd this to the maintainer...
> > Any chance of a "good" patch?
> > 
> > David
> 
> Hi there mate.
> 
> I see you've CC'ed me but I'm not the maintainer of this port. You
> probably want to get in touch with jsa@.
> 
> Anyway, I've taken a quick look and have attached an updated patch for
> xscreensaver.c. I couldn't test it as I run 8.x and -CURRENT on all of
> my boxes though. If you care to try it, copy the attached file in
> vlc/files and do a 'make clean all'.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> \n\n

Thank you so much -- that does it. I have added jsa@ to the cc list.

Brilliant

David


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