From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 22 21:25:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from quackerjack.cc.vt.edu (quackerjack.cc.vt.edu [198.82.160.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C47214C59 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 21:25:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jobaldwi@vt.edu) Received: from sable.cc.vt.edu (sable.cc.vt.edu [128.173.16.30]) by quackerjack.cc.vt.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA06806; Fri, 23 Apr 1999 00:22:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.63]) by sable.cc.vt.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA07686; Fri, 23 Apr 1999 00:22:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199904222345.QAA11181@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 00:22:49 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Steve Kargl Subject: RE: revisiting Motif policy in ports Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG That's why I install LessTif and then edit /etc/make.conf to define HAVE_MOTIF as yes. No big deal there. What are you asking for? That the 'make install' portion of the port do that? On 22-Apr-99 Steve Kargl wrote: > Hackers, > > I've submitted a port of the latest release from the Hungry > Programmers of their LessTif effort. In testing, lesstif-0.88.1, > I have compiled nedit, xmcd, amaya, xmaddressbook, llnlxdir, ddd, > and few other items in the ports collection. These ports all > work fairly well with 0.88.1. Although the Hungry Programmers > will state that LessTif is still in a development stage, it seems > to be an acceptable alternative if some one does not have Motif > installed on their system. Thus, it may be time to revisit the > policy of HAVE_MOTIF in /etc/make.conf. > > Currently, if HAVE_MOTIF is not defined, then the building of > a port exits with a message like "ddd-3.1.3 requires motif". > I think it might be appropriate to suggest that LessTif is > a viable alternative. > > Opinions? > > -- > Steve > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message --- John Baldwin -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message