From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Nov 25 13:23:23 2002 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 3809F37B401; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:23:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79A4A43E9C; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:23:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vahe@khachikyan.de) Received: from [212.227.126.162] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 18GQhI-000139-00; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:23:16 +0100 Received: from [217.235.132.208] (helo=workstation) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 18GQhH-00074q-00; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:23:15 +0100 Message-ID: <001f01c294c8$d5046400$0700000a@workstation> From: "Vahe Khachikyan" To: "Miguel Mendez" Cc: , , References: <000d01c294c2$5ccd9b60$0700000a@workstation> <20021125215933.622f5ab6.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> Subject: Re: Hermes-1.3.2 is buggy on 64 bit platform Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:22:59 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi I have exactly the same situation cause I'm running the X server on x86 machine :-) To : port maintainer: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE remove forcing the dependency on Hermes library from port collection there are already a dozen of ports depending on it. They all not gonna work. There are a lot of non x86 based computer around let them a chance;-) -- Vahe Khachikyan --- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miguel Mendez" To: "Vahe Khachikyan" Cc: ; ; Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 9:59 PM Subject: Re: Hermes-1.3.2 is buggy on 64 bit platform > On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:36:41 +0100 > "Vahe Khachikyan" wrote: > > Hi , > > > It seams that the Hermes library is buggy on 64 bit platforms . > > I'm running FreeBSD on Alpha workstation and after compiling the new > > version of > > windowmaker 0.80.1 (which requires the Hermes library, however could > > be compiled without) > > I found that the windowmaker interface became greenish. > > The color palette was somehow shifted, there was no red colors .... > > > The Hermes library is a very good example of how *not* to do things. If > you happen to use remote sessions where your X server runs on a big > endian box and your other box is little endian, you'll see all colours > fscked up. I once offered them to help them in that area, got 0 > response. Looks like it's aimed at local x86 based displays. > > > Honestly, I think there's little you or the FreeBSD port maintainer of > wmaker can do wrt to the Hermes library, except maybe add a KNOB to > disable it, which IMHO would be a nice addition :) > > Cheers, > -- > Miguel Mendez - flynn@energyhq.homeip.net > GPG Public Key :: http://energyhq.homeip.net/files/pubkey.txt > EnergyHQ :: http://www.energyhq.tk > Of course it runs NetBSD! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message