Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 17:08:11 +0100 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposal: Removing doscmd from the source tree... Message-ID: <38721AEB.68D35958@scc.nl> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001050225430.3343-100000@alphplex.bde.org>
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Bruce Evans wrote:
>
> > > 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.
Duh... that's probably the case because a release is built in a chrooted
environment. A buildworld/installworld will behave differently though. I
don't know if there're people that depend on world to install a doscmd
that has x11 support?
> > 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.
I think it's too system dependent to live in the source tree :-)
From the manpage:
-x Open an X11 window to display output. This enables a variety in-
terrupts not available otherwise.
Simply compiling with X support also isn't enough, because the default
font (vga) is not present in a default X installation. Ergo: doscmd
won't run in a X window unless you grab a compatible font from the net.
> You would need 2 ports, one with X11 support and one without.
But isn't that what our ports collection isn't all about. Examples:
kde11 vs kde11-i18n
nethack vs nethack-qt
*emacs*
Alternatively, the user can specify whether he/she wants X11 support by
adding -DUSE_XLIB or -DNO_X or whatever.
Not to forget that we can also use NetBSD's port!
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