Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:22:22 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which /etc/src.conf options prevent moused rebuilding? Message-ID: <20100623152222.GB72602@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20100623150638.GA25240@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100623125231.GA55968@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20100623144725.GA72602@dan.emsphone.com> <20100623150638.GA25240@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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In the last episode (Jun 23), Anton Shterenlikht said:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 09:47:25AM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > In the last episode (Jun 23), Anton Shterenlikht said:
> > > I've an old slow i386 running -current r209398
> > >
> > > Because it's slow I don't build everything. Here's my
> > > /etc/src.conf:
> > >
> > [...]
> > > WITHOUT_LEGACY_CONSOLE=
> > [...]
> > > followed by the standard update procedure
> > >
> > > # make buildworld
> > > # make buildkernel
> > > # make installkernel
> > > # reboot (single user)
> > > # make installworld
> > > # mergemaster
> > > # make delete-old
> > > # make delete-old-libs
> > >
> > > I was left with old moused:
> > >
> > > # moused
> > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libutil.so.8" not found, required by "moused"
> > > #
> >
> > >From /usr/src/usr.sbin/Makefile :
> >
> > # XXX MK_SYSCONS
> > # XXX is moused w/ usb useful?
> > .if ${MK_LEGACY_CONSOLE} != "no"
> > _kbdcontrol= kbdcontrol
> > _kbdmap= kbdmap
> > _moused= moused
> > _vidcontrol= vidcontrol
> > .endif
> >
> > Setting WITHOUT_LEGACY_CONSOLE= sets MK_LEGACY_CONSOLE=no, which
> > disables moused. It should probably be removed and built
> > unconditionally, since yes, moused is useful with usb :)
>
> Dan, many thanks
>
> I wish src.conf(5) man page were more descriptive on this option.
> At present it only contains:
>
> WITHOUT_LEGACY_CONSOLE
> Set to not build programs that support a legacy PC console;
> e.g. kbdcontrol(8) and vidcontrol(8).
>
> so I though it doesn't affect moused.
Also note that "legacy PC console" means syscons, so unless this is a
headless machine you only connect to via a serial port or ssh, you probably
want to leave it enabled.
--
Dan Nelson
dnelson@allantgroup.com
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