Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:04:58 -0600 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/137373: x11/libX11: make dependance on x11/libxcb Message-ID: <1261274698.2315.38.camel@balrog.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <200912192220.nBJMK8xo025223@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200912192220.nBJMK8xo025223@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 2009-12-19 at 22:20 +0000, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: > The following reply was made to PR ports/137373; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> > To: rnoland@freebsd.org > Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ports/137373: x11/libX11: make dependance on x11/libxcb > Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:17:04 -0200 > > Robert, > > I think I foud what "mesa" you are talking about: graphics/libGL. Well > if you pay attention to the contents of bsd.mesalib.mk then you will > see that it already recognizes a WITHOUT_XCB knob. That knob is there > since the update X.org ports to 7.4+, last january. But I don't need > to tell this to you. have been updating that file for ten months, so > you know its contents. > > So, in the very end, you are attempting to convince me that that > giving the user the opportunity to turn off XCB is accetpable in > libGL, but not in libX11. This is contradictory. > > By the way, the assertion that "having a non-xcb enabled libx11 would > cause weird build/run time issues" is false. If it is disabled everywhere, it is fine. But having it disabled for libx11 and enabled for xserver and/or mesa (libGL and friends) would be problematic. robert. > -- > My preferred quotation of Robert Louis Stevenson is "You cannot > make an omelette without breaking eggs". Not because I like the > omelettes, but because I like the sound of eggs being broken. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD
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