From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 21 19:40:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66E0716A910 for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 19:40:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A4D043D45 for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 19:40:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1346C1A4D95 for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 12:40:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7199951742; Sun, 21 May 2006 15:40:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 15:40:43 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060521194043.GA45043@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20060521015932.GB603@blipblop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gKMricLos+KVdGMg" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060521015932.GB603@blipblop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: pointyhat and kernel settings X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 19:40:50 -0000 --gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 11:59:32AM +1000, Timothy Bourke wrote: > I maintain a port (math/isabelle) that requires a non-default kernel > parameter (kern.maxdsiz >=3D 896M). >=20 > Currently, if the parameter value is unsuitable the port prints out an > explanatory message and exits. This causes a build error on pointyhat. >=20 > Is there a way of specifying kernel parameters to pointyhat? If it really needs 896MB of data size to build (as opposed to run), then it's unsuitable for building on pointyhat and you should mark it NO_PACKAGE. If this is only a runtime limit, then enforcing it at build time is probably not appropriate. Kris --gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEcMI7Wry0BWjoQKURAl2tAKD0Sd2c5+Q8qcXtgRXn4jGlxvqMBQCcDou5 BLbH/7MbAgvh5qDjWpexDUI= =AAA4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gKMricLos+KVdGMg--