From owner-freebsd-ports Sun May 14 12:14: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from rock.ghis.net (rock.ghis.net [209.222.164.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA79437B6CC; Sun, 14 May 2000 12:14:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from will@blackdawn.com) Received: from argon.blackdawn.com (07-042.dial.008.popsite.net [209.69.77.42]) by rock.ghis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA35348; Sun, 14 May 2000 12:13:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by argon.blackdawn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CA471192A; Sun, 14 May 2000 15:12:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 15:12:56 -0400 From: Will Andrews To: FreeBSD Ports Cc: Satoshi Asami Subject: X11 issues (XFree86-libs port uploaded) Message-ID: <20000514151256.N82488@argon.blackdawn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, I have successfully created a XFree86-libs port which builds, installs, and links correctly with various graphics libraries and one windowmanager (window maker), as well as python and gd. I am posting the tarball for this port at (and its tarball at ~will/distfiles/XFree86-libs-3.3.6.tar.gz): http://people.FreeBSD.org/~will/XFree86-libs.tar.gz The port has me wondering about breaking up the X11 build into various parts and using the current x11/XFree86 as a psuedo-port. For example, we would have a XFree86-docs (which includes docs + manpages, etc.), XFree86-server, XFree86-[], XFree86-libs, XFree86-aoutlibs, and so forth. If we were to setup this sort of system, it would allow us to eliminate the current inane setup used on the CDs for setting up X11, which relies on the X Consortium's method. It would allow users to delete X11 parts more selectively and also actually have package files for X11. (For some reason, why our XFree86 port needs a script to ask you the various options is beyond me. Perhaps I should actually read the script a little to figure it out, but I think it's a real pain in the ass to have something like that. Could this possibly be replaced by the files/options system that nbm and I have been discussing of late?) Thoughts, comments, scornful remarks? -- Will Andrews GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message