Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:40:33 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Bernhard Froehlich <decke@bluelife.at> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, wynkoop@wynn.com Subject: Re: virtualbox on FreeBSD 8.2 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108251437010.6214@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <a1496e4aa0eb8a1f9b3b7d33e4fb8e1c@bluelife.at> References: <f9f87cff74c175e070153918463b7010@bluelife.at> <201108242057.p7OKvsct085044@mail.wynn.com> <1314248865.3239.8.camel@Nokia-N900-42-11> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108250626110.5142@wonkity.com> <a1496e4aa0eb8a1f9b3b7d33e4fb8e1c@bluelife.at>
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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.
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