Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:55:18 -0400 (EDT) From: wynkoop@wynn.com To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, Bernhard Froehlich <decke@bluelife.at>, wynkoop@wynn.com Subject: Re: virtualbox on FreeBSD 8.2 Message-ID: <201108252055.p7PKtI3J001414@mail.wynn.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108251437010.6214@wonkity.com>
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> On Thu, 25 Aug 2011, Bernhard Froehlich wrote: > > >> Should the virtualbox port Makefile set BROKEN if Python threads are missing? > > > > No. This is a port option that is enabled per default. Modifying port > > options is always on your own risk and the general rule is that ports > > don't check that. > > One of the functions of a port is to make sure the requirements are in > place, or fail gracefully if they aren't. But I understand what you > are saying, and don't know if there's a good way to do this anyway. Greeting- I am rebuilding now and will let everyone know if it works now that python is built with threads. I think that if the port needs python threads it should SAY SOMETHING. I spent a month on this before asking for help. Now maybe I should not have spent so much time, but the net is full of posts in various places about virtualbox not building, so I wanted to run down the already ASKED and ANSWERED before bothering people. I have seen other ports fail if a pre-req was not built according to the ports liking. I do not know how it is done, but I know it can be done. Thanks everyone and I will post my results when my build is done. -Brett
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