Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 02:31:04 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposal: Removing doscmd from the source tree... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001050225430.3343-100000@alphplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <38720CE3.DDD78778@scc.nl>
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > Bruce Evans wrote: > > > > But it doesn't depend on X11. It ifdefs some X11 files and only builds > > the X11 version if X11 seems to be present. > > X11 can be present, but it won't necessarily be a usable X11. A i386 > cross-build on Alpha will use an alpha X11 to build an i386 doscmd. > That's wrong. An X11 for a different arch shouldn't count as being present. > > It uses wrong ifdefs for the X11 files :-). It should never find any X11 > > files for building worlds, since there are no X11 includes or libraries > > under ${WORLDTMP}. Adding some ${DESTDIR}'s is probably a sufficient fix. > > Ok, but this means that we won't install doscmd with X11 support > anymore. The user has to rebuild doscmd itself to have X11 support. In This is nothing new, I hope. The release build environment shouldn't be polluted with X11, so releases should only have non-X11 doscmds. > that case, it's better to have it in the ports collection... I think it's too system-dependent to work well as a port. You would need 2 ports, one with X11 support and one without. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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