From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mon Dec 17 13:17:38 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BC44133F1AF; Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:17:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crees@freebsd.org) Received: from mail70c50.megamailservers.eu (mail169c50.megamailservers.eu [91.136.10.179]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AA3EA6D43E; Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:17:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crees@freebsd.org) X-Authenticated-User: bayofrum@uwclub.net Received: from pegasus.bayofrum.net (host-80-41-58-105.as13285.net [80.41.58.105]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail70c50.megamailservers.eu (8.14.9/8.13.1) with ESMTP id wBHDHSmc015385; Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:17:30 +0000 Received: from www.bayofrum.net (unknown [192.168.1.70]) by pegasus.bayofrum.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id EFF03C0A1; Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:17:24 +0000 (GMT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:17:24 +0000 From: Chris Rees To: Mark Linimon CC: Alex McKeever , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Common Desktop Environment broken when compiling from ports tree on FreeBSD 12 RC3 (May also apply to the final build) In-Reply-To: <20181217014232.GB14204@lonesome.com> References: <8A726C0B-CF1F-4580-A76D-7D75CAB1CA49@sbcglobal.net> <20181217014232.GB14204@lonesome.com> Message-ID: <3a296a4bb6d516d4a8ae6ba09f5d67fa@FreeBSD.org> X-Sender: crees@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.7 X-bayofrum-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-bayofrum-MailScanner-ID: EFF03C0A1.AF20F X-bayofrum-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-bayofrum-MailScanner-From: crees@freebsd.org X-Spam-Status: No X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A0B020E.5C17A1EA.0034, ss=1, re=0.000, recu=0.000, reip=0.000, cl=1, cld=1, fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: 0.000 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=2.3 cv=PNMhB8iC c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=EuuEpbt/dLJjUk3psnl2FQ==:117 a=EuuEpbt/dLJjUk3psnl2FQ==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=2ur7OfE09M0A:10 a=zz0hiAVEJazMbFBt_GsA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: AA3EA6D43E X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.95 / 15.00]; local_wl_from(0.00)[freebsd.org]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.998,0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.95)[-0.950,0]; ASN(0.00)[asn:9115, ipnet:91.136.0.0/17, country:GB]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.998,0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:17:38 -0000 Hi people, (and thanks Alan for copying me in) On 2018-12-17 01:42, Mark Linimon wrote: > On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 04:35:32PM -0500, Alex McKeever wrote: >> I ran into problems compiling the CDE in FreeBSD 12.0 RC3 (PowerPC) >> on my eMac. > > I don't know of anyone else who has tried to run it. > > The server-class ports on powerpc64 have been in good shape for several > years. However, the desktop ports are lagging way behind. For > instance, > we are still working to get gnome and kde working properly. Other > desktop > environments are going to require more people to take up working on > them. > > I personally would like to see powerpc64 ports at (near-) parity with > amd64, but we have a lot of work to go yet. I'm not sure if it's supported on PowerPC at all anyway by the developers (although obviously it used to work, perhaps not on FreeBSD though). Was it a straightforward error? Chris -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.