From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 18 01:06:21 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org 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 66D7116A41C; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:06:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bmah@freebsd.org) Received: from a.mail.sonic.net (a.mail.sonic.net [64.142.16.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C44A643D46; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:06:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bmah@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost.localdomain (hawkeye.kitchenlab.org [64.142.31.109]) (authenticated bits=0) by a.mail.sonic.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6I16G8Q005643 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:06:17 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" To: Mike Edenfield In-Reply-To: <42D9BE44.9080003@kutulu.org> References: <42D9917F.3050108@carpe.net> <42D9BE44.9080003@kutulu.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-gYs9KFEaIB7oZ+eenDsH" Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:06:15 -0700 Message-Id: <1121648775.33998.5.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: ports@freebsd.org, bmah@freebsd.org, Dennis Kirschner Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: vnc-4.1.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:06:21 -0000 --=-gYs9KFEaIB7oZ+eenDsH Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If memory serves me right, Mike Edenfield wrote: > Jack L. wrote: >=20 > > On 7/16/05, Dennis Kirschner wrote: > > > >> I just did a "make install clean" on the VNC port and the > >> installation immediately goes out to download the sources > >> for XFree86 4.3.0, as though my system (5.4-RELEASE-p4) > >> is running x.org 6.8.2. > >> > >> Is it supposed to do that? XFree86 is not listed as a > >> dependency of the /net/vnc/ port. >=20 > > Yes, I'ved noticed it does that as well. I think it's > > supposed to do that, but it would be nice if it used xorg. >=20 > Yes, it's supposed to do that. RealVNC's build requires=20 > that version of the X source to be present when building the=20 > vncserver. It's not installing any separate parts of XF86=20 > on your system, as far as I can tell; it's merely using the=20 > source code in its own build process. net/vnc needs the XFree86 sources because they're a required part of the Xvnc build. If you don't need the Xvnc server, then you can define WITHOUT_SERVER when building/installing the port. > Note that other VNC clones, such as TightVNC (which I use)=20 > don't have this behavior; this suggests it might be possible > to swap out XF86 for Xorg and still get a working RealVNC.=20 > There's no X_SOURCE_FILES or anything similar in=20 > bsd.port.mk, so vnc's Makefile would need a condition on=20 > X_WINDOW_SYSTEM added to it directly. I may try this later=20 > to see if it works. The port maintainer tried building with Xorg and had problems (sorry I don't recall what those are). Not sure if he posted this to a list or not; I learned of it through a private email exchange. BTW, the vnc.so loadable module built with the port works just great with Xorg. Bruce. --=-gYs9KFEaIB7oZ+eenDsH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC2wCH2MoxcVugUsMRAm+eAJ4yUMgosBKMT9TB/uL6m6Yyc6iXmwCeLu4R vck0iNuoL9LL38Vc9SRRkQQ= =cKox -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-gYs9KFEaIB7oZ+eenDsH--