Re: pkg/41971: graphics/dia-python cannot find pygtk module (py25-gtk2 is installed)

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/41971; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/41971: graphics/dia-python cannot find pygtk module
        (py25-gtk2 is installed)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:54:06 +0000

 On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 07:00:06PM +0000, Robert Elz wrote:
  >    |  How hard would it be for pkg_comp to do display forwarding out of the
  >    |  sandbox as an option?
  >  
  >  True forwarding, quite difficult I expect -
 
 There's code in openssh that one might be able to steal. Although it's
 probably grotty, and pkg_comp doesn't really need to be so elaborate.
 
  >  - but it would probably be
  >  possible to copy in the XAUTHORISATION file and make sure DISPLAY was
  >  set to force a true network connection, and it would probably work.
 
 That would probably do, yeah.
 
  >    |  It seems to me that having it clear $DISPLAY is
  >    |  the correct default behavior.
  >  
  >  That's what I'm doing in the version of pkg_comp I'm using now, and
  >  I haven't seen any further problems - but I don't know that I have built
  >  anything that truly requires an X connection to build (if such a thing
  >  exists).
 
 If we find any, maybe we ought to have pkgsrc infrastructure to
 provide a dummy X server for such packages, so they build
 consistently.
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost