Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:35:32 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 installl dependencies not complete, doesn't result in running X11 Message-ID: <20061023063532.GA44068@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20061023062827.GA17813@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> References: <20061023062827.GA17813@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org>
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--W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 08:28:27AM +0200, Andreas Klemm wrote: > Hi, >=20 > the x11 dependencies, when installing an x11 based software, > are incomplete. >=20 > If you have no ports installed yet and install an X11 based > software like a windowmanager, then I would expect, that > our ports collection installs at least a minimum working X11 installation. >=20 > But it does not. It installs xorg libraries but no xorg server and no > needed fonts to run the X11 server. >=20 > After installing the xorg server manually, and running > Xorg -configure and then try to run it, then you will see > that it still crashes because of missing standard fonts. >=20 > For example the fixed fonts were missing. >=20 > Would it please be possible to fix the xorg ports dependencies, > so that xorg gets installed useable if one chooses to install > an x11 based software ? >=20 > Normally our ports collection works this way to resolve > build-, install-, run-dependencies completely. But in the > X11 case I see since a long time (years) that it fails > miserably in this. >=20 > Is there a certain intention behind it ? Don't tell, because > there are 2 X11 servers in the ports collection. Since then > it would be another mistake that the xorg-libraries gets > installed the way it works now ... In principle you don't need a local server to run a window manager, you can use the standard X forwarding to run it on a remote server. Similarly, you don't need a full set of fonts to run a viable server. If you want a complete X installation including server, fonts, etc, install the xorg port, not just the xorg-server or xorg-libraries ports. This has been the case since a long time (years), so I guess it's just time you caught up to the way things work ;-) Kris --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFPGK0Wry0BWjoQKURAs0MAKCjHEY2f4wMBx/oNVudD4lMITXXQQCdH0mj ZjCZACoNvVcPjC96LhcSTic= =Zy2f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA--
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