Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/x11/xvattr
To: None <tech-pkg@NetBSD.org>
From: None <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 12/04/2005 02:48:21
On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 02:23:53AM +0100, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> > Log Message:
> > Just expect X11 libraries to provide Xv, since XFree86 and Xorg
> > have provided Xv for ages. Also add build dependency on pod2man.
>
> revision 1.2
> date: 2002/08/14 02:14:16; author: dmcmahill; state: Exp; lines: +6 -1
> make sure that ${X11BASE}/include/X11/extensions/Xvlib.h before trying
> to build this. If not, bail out with a NOT_FOR_PLATFORM since Xv didn't
> appear until XF4.
>
> Right now we are supporting XFree 3.x for 1.6 so this breaks it.
For 1.6, you can still use Xorg from pkgsrc. The check is broken for any
non-native X11 and personally I think a build error on 1.6 due to
missing feature is better than not compiling this with Xorg from pkgsrc.
If you disagree, what about checking for 1.6 and native X11 explicitly?
Joerg