From owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 13:30:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01B22106567D for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:30:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6B928FC1B for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:30:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m9RDU7uS020631 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:30:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id m9RDU7Jt020626; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:30:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:30:07 GMT Message-Id: <200810271330.m9RDU7Jt020626@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: "Josh Carroll" Cc: Subject: Re: ports/124083: net/vnc is not building the xorg vnc module X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Josh Carroll List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:30:09 -0000 The following reply was made to PR ports/124083; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Josh Carroll" To: "Stefan Walter" Cc: GNATS , "Curtis Hacker" Subject: Re: ports/124083: net/vnc is not building the xorg vnc module Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:53:35 -0400 On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 5:13 AM, Stefan Walter wrote: > Hi Josh, > > Josh Carroll, 14.10.08, 19:44h CEST: > >> Stefan, >> >> No, I emailed Mark a couple of weeks ago to inform him my test/dev/etc >> machine was dead, and that I did not have an ETA for resolution - >> which ultimately means I cannot take ownership of this port, >> unfortunately. I have not heard back from him, though, so I'm not sure >> how to proceed at this point. > > OK - if you want to drop maintainership for the port, let me know. Unfortunately, I think I will have to drop maintainership. Work and family has been keeping me extremely busy and I have not had a chance to work on fixing the machine I use for development. I apologize for the inconvenience, but at this time I'm not able to dedicate the time needed for this port maintenance. > So, at least for now the port should be marked as BROKEN, anyway. I had a > look at the RealVNC web site, and there is version 4.1.3 of the source > code for download. Somebody who uses this software will eventually have to > update the port and fix it. (By the way: is there a recommendable > alternative to this VNC server in the ports collection?) It's possible 4.1.3 addresses some of the open bug reports both for building and/or runtime issues. It may be worth trying the 4.1.3-based source first to see if it builds properly. Unfortunately, I can only try to see if it builds on 7.1-PRERELEASE/amd64 and not other releases. I'll see if I can do that sometime this week and report here if I have success. As for a VNC alternative, there is NX, but last I checked it also is unavailable on amd64. If you have a real X display, you can use the net/x11vnc port which I've found works fine, but is slower than the VNC 4 based solution. Thanks, Josh