Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:30:49 -0200 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> To: Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/137373: x11/libX11: make dependance on x11/libxcb Message-ID: <e71790db0912191830y293becedqef26c201a095d9ac@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1261274698.2315.38.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <200912192220.nBJMK8xo025223@freefall.freebsd.org> <1261274698.2315.38.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
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On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org> wrote= : > On Sat, 2009-12-19 at 22:20 +0000, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: ... >> =A0Robert, >> >> =A0I think I foud what "mesa" you are talking about: graphics/libGL. Wel= l >> =A0if you pay attention to the contents of bsd.mesalib.mk then you will >> =A0see that it already recognizes a WITHOUT_XCB knob. That knob is there >> =A0since the update X.org ports to 7.4+, last january. But I don't need >> =A0to tell this to you. have been updating that file for ten =A0months, = so >> =A0you know its contents. >> >> =A0So, in the very end, you are attempting to convince me that that >> =A0giving the user the opportunity to turn off XCB is accetpable in >> =A0libGL, but not in libX11. This is contradictory. >> >> =A0By the way, the assertion that "having a non-xcb enabled libx11 would >> =A0cause weird build/run time issues" is =A0false. > > If it is disabled everywhere, it is fine. =A0But having it disabled for > libx11 and enabled for xserver and/or mesa (libGL and friends) would be > problematic. > > robert. Is it acceptable a patch allowing to diable XCB without a menu? The default behavior is kept but users can put "WITHOUT_XCB=3Dtrue" in /etc/make.conf, ensuring that all ports are built the same way.
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