Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:42:57 -0800 From: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com> To: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD Ports List <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which XFREE86_VERSION is bento supposed to building against? Message-ID: <20020207144257.I438@johncoop.MSHOME> In-Reply-To: <20020207223604.GA51132@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>; from alane@geeksrus.net on Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 14:36:04 -0800 References: <20020207220214.GA50465@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20020207141333.C438@johncoop.MSHOME> <20020207222058.GA50807@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20020207143354.E438@johncoop.MSHOME> <20020207223604.GA51132@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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On 2002.02.07 14:36 Alan Eldridge wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 02:33:54PM -0800, John Merryweather Cooper
> wrote:
> >
> >On 2002.02.07 14:20 Alan Eldridge wrote:
> >>On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 02:13:33PM -0800, John Merryweather Cooper
> >>wrote:
> >>Ahh, but it *does* matter. Xpm is included in 4. You have to use
> >>graphics/xpm
> >>port with 3. This means packages like emacs, kde, etc, if installed
> on
> >>top of
> >>XF86-4, will trash the Xpm headers and libraries (quietly).
>
> >Yet another reason NOT to use the XFree86-4 mega-port. This problem
> >does not arise if you build XFree86-4 from it's pieces. :)
>
> Umm, xpm will trash the files installed by XF86-clients and
> XF86-libraries
> just as well. (I'm on your side re the megaport. It's just that the
> megaport
> has nothing to do with issue. It's package dependencies that are the
> problem
> here.)
>
> --
> Alan Eldridge
> "Dave's not here, man."
>
Good point. Ideally, the xpm dependencies should hide in a
bsd.xfree*.mk file with XF86_VERSION=4 causing the dependency to
"vanish."
Practically, it still doesn't make a difference (except that the build
of xpm is redundant). I've seen no ill effects in nearly two years of
operation. Obviously, YMMV.
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