From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 26 10:28:41 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0234F16A4CE for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:28:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relay.rdsnet.ro (gimli.rdsnet.ro [193.231.236.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B6AF143D41 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:28:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from itetcu@people.tecnik93.com) Received: (qmail 22621 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2005 10:24:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.rdsnet.ro) (62.231.74.130) by smtp1-133.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 26 Jan 2005 10:24:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 11926 invoked by uid 89); 26 Jan 2005 10:30:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (82.76.1.117) by 0 with SMTP; 26 Jan 2005 10:30:17 -0000 Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [192.168.0.10]) by buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93E5E6115; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:19:43 +0200 (EET) Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (localhost.buh.tecnik93.com [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AF5E11; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:29:48 +0200 (EET) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:29:48 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: Nikolas Britton Message-ID: <20050126122948.582f9241@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <41F764B4.1070309@nbritton.org> References: <20041224085217.42737.qmail@web61205.mail.yahoo.com> <41CC0203.6020609@nbritton.org> <41F5DC57.1050103@nbritton.org> <20050126090317.0e7e7e97@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <41F764B4.1070309@nbritton.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Mervin McDougall cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/71142; VESA 1024x768 @ the console X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:28:41 -0000 On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:36:52 -0600 Nikolas Britton wrote: > Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > > >On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:42:47 -0600 > >Nikolas Britton wrote: > > > >>I got tired of having to patch by hand all the systems I wanted this > >>patch on and all the systems I patched but then updated with cvsup so I > >>made a simple batch script to do it for me, this script will do steps > >>1...9 (see below). all you have to do is paste it into a file and then > >>run it as root (i.e. "sh vesa-patch-script"): > > > >Care to make it a port ? Or should I do it for you put you as maintainer > >or me if you don't have the time to spare ? > > > Make what a port, you mean that hack I called a script? lol, I guess it > could be, never made a port b4, but it would have to be redone as I'd > never sign my name to it. It has no error control except for a cascading > failure if the patch doesn't download or untar and it should include the > patch to fix the mouse error. I think a better idea might be to redo it > into a real script and post it to the PR?: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=71142 > > Some pseudocode off the top of my head: [ ... ] All of it is very easy to handle with our ports framework. > (could just use pre-patched files and skip the patching part?) It would be easier, I guess, and it would be easy to make the port die if the src/ files have newer IDs that those in the patch ==> safe. > cd into vidcontrol. > cp new vidcontrol files. > make the new vidcontrol program. > do the mouse patch crap. > > I know only perl so it would have to be done in perl unless someone else > wants to make it a real sh script. Then I'll make a port sometime this week. bsd.port.mk has all that is needed and I see no reason to depend on perl. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"