Re: pkgsrc still messed-up

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

So, quit using 'make' and then use 'bmake'?

I built everything so far using 'make'. Does it matter
if/when I switch to 'bmake' ?

On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM adr <adr%sdf.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 6 Oct 2025, Van Ly wrote:
> > Would be nice for the binary distribution of pkgsrc-2025Q3 to include
> > emacs with svg and xaw.  The xaw option allows emacs to run in daemon
> > mode.
>
> I always build emacs with xaw, it has less dependencies and the
> differencies aren't noticiable for me, the way I use emacs it's
> rare an external window pops up using the toolkit for selecting
> files &c, and svg images are common and the dependencies are usually
> installed anyway, so I second the proposition.
>
> But I'm posting to the list to clarify that you can run emacs as
> a daemon with any toolkit. The problem is with gtk. There is an
> ancient bug that makes the application be killed if the X server
> dies.  I don't think this will happen with motif for example. And
> the small number of motif users nowdays could ask to have a motif
> package as well.
>
> It would be nice to have at least one of them for users of the
> emacs server in the X environment.
>
> Regards.
>
> adr