Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:47:45 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Proposition: make x11/nvidia-driver independent of misc/compat5x Message-ID: <20071029084745.GB18289@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <e71790db0710271753w407e4a2fx8043dc51f1141c5a@mail.gmail.com> References: <20071027155509.GA34300@ravenloft.kiev.ua> <e71790db0710271622q44eac899t76d16a4263c3de7b@mail.gmail.com> <e71790db0710271753w407e4a2fx8043dc51f1141c5a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 10:53:30PM -0200, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: > On 10/27/07, Carlos A. M. dos Santos <unixmania@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 10/27/07, Alex Kozlov <spam@rm-rf.kiev.ua> wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 11:33:46AM -0200, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Using the patch below it is possible to make x11/nvidia-driver > > > > independent of misc/compat5x, by means of some library mapping. I did > > > > this successfuly on 6.x but still did not test on 7.x. I would like to > > > > hear some comments before submitting a PR with a change request. What is the problem using compat5x in the first place? > > > I think this is more correct variant: > > > > > > $cat /etc/libmap.conf > > > #nvidia-driver > > > [/usr/local/lib/libGL.so.1] > > > libm.so.3 libm.so.4 > > > > > > [/usr/local/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1] > > > libc.so.5 libc.so.6 > > > > > > [/usr/local/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1] > > > libc.so.5 libc.so.6 > > > > > > [/usr/local/lib/libnvidia-cfg.so.1] > > > libm.so.3 libm.so.4 > > > > Ah, I forgot that one. Good catch. > > > > > [/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so] > > > libm.so.3 libm.so.4 > > > librpcsvc.so.2 librpcsvc.so.3 That's potentially unsafe to put next .so version of library when the code expects previous one. It *may* work, but be prepared for all sorts of incompatibilities and ABI breakage. ./danfe
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