From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 12 05:44:32 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76410525 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:44:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A7EC21B2 for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:44:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.2.117.99]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r8C5iRhk013352 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 12 Sep 2013 06:44:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk r8C5iRhk013352 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1378964667; bh=i2IuSs09Zd3UxLXTRSV4+TGT3wdegltUs3U5huLsN60=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; z=Date:=20Thu,=2012=20Sep=202013=2006:44:27=20+0100|From:=20Matthew =20Seaman=20|To:=20freebsd-questi ons@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20Disappointing=20dependency=20intr oduced=20in=209.1=20(from=208-STABLE)|References:=20|In-Reply-To :=20; b=XJR2mIu35y4sBdyxbgnUXG9OqgeVLU055TGwnPh425bfxOSUc5e6JAexsioFjV1Vo rZrRluC2pJKd/X1SS11GZ34UTSoQBRs1owADqQJkbEGqSTxsf7YIpPzWZ/jtJx2idd oDp2N2j3BLGjUKUlQaZfl3bpVTt2dbqbKUPvXzKs= Message-ID: <523154BB.5060703@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 06:44:27 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disappointing dependency introduced in 9.1 (from 8-STABLE) References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="QT6lf5OfG9h0BUaU4F2UIF7BvJArKKHvg" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.8 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:44:32 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --QT6lf5OfG9h0BUaU4F2UIF7BvJArKKHvg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 12/09/2013 05:53, Michael Sierchio wrote: > Because I build a lot of embedded devices with serial consoles, I was i= n > the habit of hacking /boot/loader by commenting out a line in a Makefil= e > that enables terminal emulation >=20 > /sys/boot/i386/libi386/Makefile: >=20 > #CFLAGS+=3D -DTERM_EMU >=20 > and then in /sys/boot doing a make clean && make >=20 > unfortunately, with 9.X, this breaks the compile. It seems a dependenc= y > was introduced which requires the videoconsole code. I find this extre= mely > irritating. Of course, there's nothing to stop me (at the moment) from= > compiling loader under 8-STABLE and installing it on 9.1 machines, but.= =2E. >=20 > Is there a better way now to stop the cursor from scribbling illegibly > across the screen? Hmmm... normally you should be controlling build options by setting WITH_FOO style flags in /etc/src.conf, although I can't see anything obviously relevant in src.conf(5). Did you raise a PR about this? Requesting a means to have a loader that only works via a serial console sounds like something that should be supported. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk --QT6lf5OfG9h0BUaU4F2UIF7BvJArKKHvg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlIxVLsACgkQ8Mjk52CukIwr9QCfSvdu6cBX8HR3nr6hu+RhrVrA f5kAniogQS0v/dwaRwbTjz7qnU97MmKH =vGn8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --QT6lf5OfG9h0BUaU4F2UIF7BvJArKKHvg--