From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Oct 10 5:24: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from smarthost-2.mail.telinco.net (smarthost-2.mail.telinco.net [212.1.128.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAD3037B503 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 05:23:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp2.cluster1.telinco.net ([212.1.128.151] helo=smtp2.telinco.net) by smarthost-2.mail.telinco.net with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #4) id 13iyRj-0009Bw-00 for ports@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:23:51 +0100 Received: from daemon.lpds.sublink.org (ppp-2-48.cvx4.telinco.net [212.1.149.48]) by smtp2.telinco.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA15242 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:23:49 +0100 (BST) Received: from pelissero.org (hyde.lpds.sublink.org [10.0.0.2]) by daemon.lpds.sublink.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA08551 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 12:46:55 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from wcp@pelissero.org) Received: (from wcp@localhost) by pelissero.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA01552; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 12:51:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from wcp) From: "Walter C. Pelissero" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14819.722.559973.675112@hyde.lpds.sublink.org> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 12:51:46 +0100 (BST) To: Trevor Johnson Cc: Jeremy Shaffner , "Walter C. Pelissero" , ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xmovie 1.5.2 for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: References: <20001010053209.A5289@external.org> X-Mailer: VM 6.72 under 21.1 (patch 9) "Canyonlands" XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: walter@pelissero.org X-Attribution: WP Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Trevor Johnson writes: > > You can still submit this as a Port by adding your patch file as another > > DISTFILE hosted at your site. You'd then apply it via the post-extract > > target for example in your Makefile. There are several Ports that use > > this method to apply meta-patches that are too large for (what is now) > > files/patch-*. > > I notice that xmovie 1.5.2.1 is already in the ports collection > (graphics/xmovie). I've seen only a 1.3.1_1. I would be disappointed to see a 1.5.2.1, because I've looked carefully before investing my weekend in this port. I don't know if I'm willing to make an "official" port. As I pointed out in my previous message that patch corrects bugs present even in the Linux version. The author has been informed and I expect him to come up with a new release soon (possibly including the FreeBSD port). A port from that relese will be much smaller and cleaner. In the meanwhile I'll try to decipher the ports jargon. Maybe, making a real FreeBSD port, is easier than it sounds. BTW, the infamous CSS seems to work somehow. It's slowing the program to an unusable level but it seems to be doing something. I have the impression it's formally correct but not well integrated with the rest of the code. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message