Re: switching remaining platforms to modular X by default

[Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 06:49:53PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 01:17:13PM +0100, Matthias Scheler wrote:
>  > > because the reason it doesn't work is, as I noted, that builtin.mk
>  > > files aren't included in tree order.
>  > 
>  > That is fixed.
> 
> ...with a special-case hack.

Yes, indeed. But it works.

> Do you see any reason not to commit my general fix?

I'm sorry but I didn't see your proposes change. Can you please provide
a pointer? I was frantically trying to fix this during the last two days.

>  > > Also, even if it did work, you'd still get the ancient Xft2 package;
>  > > as best I recall it is in pkgsrc for use only with pre-modular X11, so
>  > > probably it wouldn't work and possibly it wouldn't even build.
>  > 
>  > I've fixed that as well. I only need to do another "revbump" madness and
>  > it should all work fine.
> 
> Thanks.

I'm currently updating my NetBSD-current VM. Once I can prove that
"x11-links" correctly accepts the builtin "fontconfig" and "libXft"
I'll perform the final revbump and the problem should be fixed.

>  > I'm sorry for the repeated bumps and broken state for a couple of days.
>  > This could have all been avoided if the original submitter had tested
>  > in an appropriate environment.
> 
> sorry I've been a little tetchy about it; it is vexing to find people
> breaking one's world and then giving the impression of not being
> interested in fixing it.

Well. I didn't break it. And I had a hard time as well to convince the
person who broke it to fix it. And in the end I'm doing it myself.

        Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/