Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:53:39 +1100 From: Terry Sposato <terry@sucked-in.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How do you require Xorg? Message-ID: <47E0C683.2060203@sucked-in.com> In-Reply-To: <DF8C3F0F56929AF857A7E57F@[10.110.3.211]> References: <BD01625602483FE1BA32C7EB@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <47E04173.4020108@sucked-in.com> <DF8C3F0F56929AF857A7E57F@[10.110.3.211]>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig06612700E61166995C2DDA28 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:25 AM +1100 Terry Sposato=20 > <terry@sucked-in.com> wrote: >=20 >> Paul Schmehl wrote: >>> I'm working on porting the open-vm-tools, and the software builds, ma= kes >>> and installs fine, but it obviously won't work without Xorg being >>> installed. How do you ensure that the port doesn't get installed unl= ess >>> Xorg is installed? Will USE_XORG=3D yes do the trick? >>> >> >> Paul, >> >> I don't think it is a good idea to use this Knob as the open-vm-tools = may >> be useful for machines which don't have Xorg installed as well. For >> example if vmotion etc. works with this set of tools then it will >> definitely be handy for FreeBSD VM's which do not use Xorg. >> >=20 > OK. Here's where I'm at. I've got a basic port started. I created an= =20 > option for no X. The default is no, so the port would build with X as = > the default build. There's some problems with the kernel modules, and = I=20 > would need help from a programmer to figure those problems out. Really= ,=20 > someone needs to work with the open-vm-tools developers to update their= =20 > kernel modules to work both with previous versions of FreeBSD (which=20 > they claim they already work with) and with version 7.0. (So, some=20 > ifdefs would be needed.) >=20 > Is there enough demand for the userland tools that I should go ahead an= d=20 > submit the port without the kernel modules working? I could create an = > option for them and mark it as not working right now. (Obviously they = > would need to be an option working or not.) >=20 > Should I make no X the default install? >=20 > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > The University of Texas at Dallas > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ Paul, Awesome work with all of this, if you can put a tarball of the existing=20 port you have done so I can test with it that would be great. I can do=20 some testing against ESX Server to see what effects it has on Vmotion=20 and HA and the like and report back. Terry --------------enig06612700E61166995C2DDA28 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (MingW32) iEYEARECAAYFAkfgxoYACgkQcM6JNrdkO8iL9wCdH1bjiW/2DYlLlM6ndepBIME9 /kwAoNO7IY0vAtT4V02cZ7nM0hyoJOce =SUTC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig06612700E61166995C2DDA28--
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