On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 09:42:06PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:25 AM +1100 Terry Sposato > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Paul Schmehl wrote: >>> I'm working on porting the open-vm-tools, and the software builds, makes >>> and installs fine, but it obviously won't work without Xorg being >>> installed. How do you ensure that the port doesn't get installed unless >>> Xorg is installed? Will USE_XORG= yes do the trick? >>> >> >> Paul, >> >> I don't think it is a good idea to use this Knob as the open-vm-tools may >> be useful for machines which don't have Xorg installed as well. For >> example if vmotion etc. works with this set of tools then it will >> definitely be handy for FreeBSD VM's which do not use Xorg. >> > > OK. Here's where I'm at. I've got a basic port started. I created an > option for no X. The default is no, so the port would build with X as the > default build. There's some problems with the kernel modules, and I would > need help from a programmer to figure those problems out. Really, someone > needs to work with the open-vm-tools developers to update their kernel > modules to work both with previous versions of FreeBSD (which they claim > they already work with) and with version 7.0. (So, some ifdefs would be > needed.) > > Is there enough demand for the userland tools that I should go ahead and > submit the port without the kernel modules working? I could create an > option for them and mark it as not working right now. (Obviously they > would need to be an option working or not.) > > Should I make no X the default install?
You can always make a slave port which defaults to X being on and have X be off in the master port, if there is enough demand for that configuration. That way packages will be built for both. -- WXS _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
