Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:30:23 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Jeremy Shaffner <jeremy@external.org> Cc: <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: XFree86-4.0.2 is BROKEN (Was: Re: kdesupport2 fails to compile on 4.2-STABLE ...) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0101091329160.21326-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20010109112553.D5073@external.org>
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Hi Jeremy ... Right now, several of us are having problems just getting X-4.0.2 to install ... I haven't even gotten as far as trying to build KDE yet ... On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Jeremy Shaffner wrote: > > Just to clear the air, and provide a timeline of sorts: > > XFree86-4.0.2_3 (afaik, the only difference between _3 and _4 is the > switch from builtin freetype2 to print/freetype2) built fine for me. I > don't use WindowMaker anymore so I don't care about freetype other than > for fonts. > > I was the one who originally suggested building KDE with -pthread to get > it to build (when it failed under do-configure looking for QT.) > > While it built ok, it was very broken (mostly kdeinit, which does alot.) > > Then someone (David, don't have his last name) told me he built QT with > -no-opengl (which Will has since committed) and - removing the -pthread > _that_I_said_to_put_there_ from KDE's ports - was able to build and run > KDE without problems. > > I have done the same and everything is perfect...truetype fonts, > anti-aliasing, KDE2. > > None of it has anything to do with what version of FreeBSD you're > running. > > I also speculated about the following: > > When Will committed the -no-opengl option to QT, he also fixed > do-install to install the threaded QT libs. I wondered if the reason > KDE [wouldn't build w/out -pthread|was broken with -pthread] was because > of this. > > Kevin? > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeremy Shaffner | This space for rent. > jeremy@external.org | $ grep happiness life > http://www.external.org/~jeremy/pgp.key | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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