Re: Missing openpty / stropt.h
> > [complaints about missing openpty] > try libutil. Thanks, now at least I can build a simple test program. Somehow, I thought it was standard practice for manpages to mention it when linking against libraries is required, but apparently I was wrong. Now to figure out why Gambit is still not using openpty, despite detecting that it lives in -lutil...
Missing openpty / stropts.h
Correction: I should have written "stropts.h", not "stropt.h". Please excuse me.
Missing openpty / stropt.h
Building Gambit (http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~gambit/) on OpenBSD fails due to a missing stropt.h header file. However, this file is only looked for when HAVE_openpty is unset. OpenBSD 3.8 includes a manpage for openpty, however, the function does not appear to be included in the C library. Is there some other library that has to be included to get this functionality? None seems to be mentioned in the manpage.
Re: PHP4 packages
> Given all of the PHP packages seem to require PHP5, where do I go to find > PHP4 packages/ports, or how do I modify the existing requirements? There's a PHP4 port in the tree (/usr/ports/www/php4). It requires Apache to build. There's an older (4.4.1) port that doesn't require Apache on http://inglorion.net/software/packages/. HTH, Bob
Re: strcmp vs strncmp question
Can we please cut patrick some slack? I Googled, I followed the offensive link that was suggested, and I searched the archives of several OpenBSD mailing lists, and there is indeed nothing that obviously points out what's wrong with strcmp. I can very well imagine patrick did the same thing and decided just to ask. Also, please keep in mind that people who are trying to contribute to the project in one way or another may not be as willing to do so if you fling this kind of offense at them. Everybody makes mistakes; it's not like patrick was purposefully trying to waste anyone's time. In the meantime, we're a few posts down the road from the original question, and I haven't seen any answer; neither on the list, nor on the Net. I suppose it has something to do with strcmp continuing to compare until it finds a char with value 0, but I can think of many situations where this wouldn't occur (it certainly shouldn't be an issue if all strings are always 0-terminated). So, I second patrick's question, and I would ask that someone either answer the question or provide a link to an answer. If it is indeed such a frequently asked question, it shouldn't be too hard to find a FAQ entry or mailing list post that answers it, right? Cheers, Bob
Re: snprintf() revisited, please comment
Perhaps this is a silly question or has been covered already, but I'm curious: > - find out overall length of n parts that shall be reassembled in some > way and add 1 for the terminating NUL > - if re- or malloc()'ing the required buffer size failed, then If you're allocating memory anyway, why wouldn't you use asprintf instead? That should basically do all the steps you listed for you. If need be, you can always add an asprintf implementation for those platforms that don't provide it natively. Is there anything against this approach? -- Bob
Re: NEW: GNU Smalltalk and Portable Forth Environments ports
> Before submitting a "new" port you should at least check if we > don't have it in the -current ports tree. pfe is in lang/pfe. > You waisted your time. Any you waist the time of people, that > not knowingly we have it in tree, test pfe. Of course. I did check, but I apparently overlooked it. Please accept my apologies. Also, I discovered that the gtk flavor of GNU Smalltalk needs gawk and gtk+2 to build. I've changed the port to reflect this, as well as made some changes to the PLIST. The new port is attached. -- Bob smalltalk-2.1.11p1_openbsd_port.tar.bz2 Description: Binary data
NEW: GNU Smalltalk and Portable Forth Environments ports
Hi, I have created OpenBSD ports for GNU Smalltalk (http://www.gnu.org/software/smalltalk/) and the Portable Forth Environment (http://pfe.sourceforge.net/). Both are attached for those who want to test. Comments welcome. -- Bob pfe-0.32.94_openbsd_port.tar.bz2 Description: Binary data smalltalk-2.1.11_openbsd_port.tar.bz2 Description: Binary data
Re: mp3blaster ate my cpu
> i recently installed mp3blaster on (-current June 8th) > > and whenever i play an mp3 it runns at 97% cpu (1.4ghz pentium M) Same happens to me. Also mp3blaster sometimes does not display files in the add files dialog, even though it can play them, and sometimes even outright refuses to play a file, even if it's already in the playlist. If I keep it playing long enough, it will eventually segfault and dump core. I also can't modify the playlist from the console, because somehow the function keys don't work, although I guess that's not because of mp3blaster. All in all, I've decided that there are too many issues to fix, and gone looking for alternatives. I'm currently using mpd (http://www.musicpd.org/). You can get various front-ends for it, so probably there's also one you like. Or you could write your own; the mpd protocol is really simple. You can find ports of mpd in the archives of this list (past few days). HTH, Bob
Re: NEW: mpd-0.11.5
> Tarball attached. Thanks. I looked at it, here are some comments: - There seem to be no flavors for enabling/disabling codecs yet you can probably just copy these from my port. - You have ossaudio in WANTLIB. Does OSS actually add something useful? Do you also have a port of mpc? If so, please send it to me. Using netcat to control mpd is a bit cumbersome. ;-) > To include iconv we use this: MODULES=converters/libiconv Ok, thanks. > >an mp3 flavor, as I can see people not needing MP3 support. > > > In my port, I've enabled all supported codec. I think it's better > to enable most of the supported codecs per default and put in some no_* > FLAVORS. (like no_flac) But that's just my opinion. Comments? As long as the no_* flavors are there, I am fine with that. I just didn't want to require people install FLAC and AAC libraries, even if they only use Vorbis. I personally prefer positive flavors (flac) over negative (no_flac) ones, but you are probably more familiar with the OpenBSD way. -- Bob
Re: NEW: mpd-0.11.5
Bernd, Thanks for your comments! > I've made a port for mpd (and also some mpd-clients) already. I'll > submit it in a few days, so maybe we can join our effords. That sounds like a good idea. I checked for existing ports, but didn't find any, that's why I made my own. Maybe you can send me your ports so I can watch and learn? I'm still relatively new to the ports system, especially the new features not in the porting guide. > $ make lib-depends-check > /usr/ports/packages/all/mpd-0.11.5.tgz: > Missing: id3tag.3 (/usr/local/bin/mpd): NOT REACHABLE > Missing: iconv.4 (/usr/local/bin/mpd): NOT REACHABLE > Missing: mad.2 (/usr/local/bin/mpd): NOT REACHABLE I had not included these, because he mpd documentation does not list these as dependencies. IIRC, mad and id3tag are included in the distribution, so mpd will compile if these are not present on the system. I was hoping to get some feedback on what would be the best way to deal with this; my intuition says it's better to depend on the external libraries and ignore the bundled ones. I think I'll add a dependency on iconv, and move id3tag and mad in an mp3 flavor, as I can see people not needing MP3 support. > Missing system lib: c.37 (/usr/local/bin/mpd) > Missing system lib: m.2 (/usr/local/bin/mpd) > Missing system lib: z.4 (/usr/local/bin/mpd) > Missing system lib: pthread.6 (/usr/local/bin/mpd) These, I assume, would go in WANTLIB. As I understand it, WANTLIB is for registering dependencies on libraries that are part of the base system. I wonder why this was chosen over simply adding support for this in LIB_DEPENDS. Anyway, this leads me to another question: how to determine the version of a library to depend on? I should think my port doesn't need the very latest version of the C library, but how do I know which version is new enough? -- Bob
NEW: mpd-0.11.5
Hello, I've just created a port of MPD (Music Player Daemon - http://www.musicpd.org/). The port is on my packages page (http://inglorion.net/software/packages/), but I've also attached it, for your convenience. Please test and comment. -- Bob mpd-0.11.5_openbsd_port.tar.bz2 Description: Binary data
