> Hi, Hi
> The FreeBSD binary packages system includes almost all the vbox build > requirements, but vbox's configure script doesn't work on the OS. I > have written a patch to make the vbox 1.4.0 configure script work > better on FreeBSD. It is attached. Yes, VirtualBox is _building_ on FreeBSD (with current subversion revision on FreeBSD 6-STABLE) > Changes: > > * I add a little TODO comment saying we should use the -pthread option > * I use sdl-config (a tool that comes with SDL) to find out SDL paths > * I add FreeBSD's Qt package location to QTDIR > * I mark FreeBSD as a valid OS type > * I display a tip encouraging the use of the --build-xalan option > * I don't check for ALSA on FreeBSD because FreeBSD apps can't use ALSA > * Many fixes to allow the use of /bin/sh instead of /bin/bash Same changes here for configure. > I did not try to make the Xlibs lib and include path detection work or > to build the Qt test app with the -pthread option. This is because I > don't know if any configure test results I captured would properly > affect the kBuild process. So, the configure script still fails on > FreeBSD, but it manages to get further before failing. > > I have tested my patch on FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE. It works fine. I am > fairly confident it will work fine on all other platforms too. I > release my contributions to the public domain. No warranty. > > Could you kindly review my patch? Or, if you are busy, could you at > least open up a ticket with the patch attached? Either way please let > me know what you decide. Are you or is anybody else trying to port VirtualBox to FreeBSD? Especially the Kernel Drivers as Alexey said just before. > Regards, > Jason Regards, Fabian > P.S. Thanks for making an open source edition of this wonderful > product available. > > P.P.S. If you used autoconf to generate your configure script, the > script would automatically work on Solaris, HP/UX, AIX, FreeBSD, > OpenBSD, NetBSD, and dozens of other OSes. Do you happen to know: > Why don't you use autoconf? _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
