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Date:      Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:50:20 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Stephen Hurd <hurds@sasktel.net>
Cc:        bug-followup@freebsd.org, nork@freebsd.org, pav@freebsd.org, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports/119352: graphics/ilmbase configure tests for shared semaphores but uses non-shared sems
Message-ID:  <201001210750.20687.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <f7578c9dc34a.4b574b0d@sasktel.net>
References:  <f7578c9dc34a.4b574b0d@sasktel.net>

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On Wednesday 20 January 2010 9:27:25 pm Stephen Hurd wrote:
> > > > Can anyone verify if graphics/ilmbase configure fails to find working 
> > > > semaphores on 7.x?
> > >
> > > checking whether to use POSIX unnamed semaphores... Bad system call
> > > (core dumped                     
> > > )
> > > no (pshared not usable)
> > > 
> > > x1# uname -a
> > > FreeBSD x1.lerwick.hopto.org 7.2-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p5 #2:
> > > Mon Dec 28 01:06:37 GMT 2009
> > > root@x1.lerwick.hopto.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC_WITH_RDR  sparc64
> > 
> > 7.x has them enabled by default in GENERIC whereas 7.2 does not.
> 
> So, the patch is still needed, but not for much longer?

Maybe the patch can be made conditional on the OS version?  I think we already 
have that sort of behavior in other ports.

-- 
John Baldwin



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