cvs commit: ports/x11/linux-XFree86-libs Makefile

[Trevor Johnson]

Alexander Leidinger wrote:

> Trevor Johnson <trevor at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> > trevor      2004-12-22 00:36:32 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD ports repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     x11/linux-XFree86-libs Makefile
> >   Log:
> >   This works with linux_base-rh-9 and linux_base-suse-9.1 as well as
> >   linux_base-8.
>
> I'm not sure removing the dependency on any linux_base is the right
> thing to do. Additionally I think we shouldn't support more than one
> linux_base. It's fine if it works with more than one linux_base, but we
> can't guarantee it.

I made sure that it works with those three.  I designed them from the
get-go to work with it.  If they actually do not, kindly report the
bug.

Traditionally we've had multiple linux_base ports.  I have no problem with
that tradition--it's not in our power to unify all the Linux
distributions, nor for that matter all the X11 distributions!

> My suggestion is: let it depend upon the default linux_base by default
> (my patchset takes care of this). After 4.11 is out the door, let's
> update the default linux_base to a recent one, remove all
> obsolete/outdated/forbidden linux_base ports, get everything into good
> shape and think about how to allow non-default linux_base ports to work
> with everything (e.g. a patch for bsd.port.mk which modifies the
> USE_LINUX code to use an already installed linux_base (with a warning
> that we don't guarantee anything) or to install a predefined one, like
> we did with the X_WINDOW_SYSTEM part of bsd.port.mk).

The patch you sent me would have added a dependency on this port to the
Linux ports which need X11 (presently, I ask users to install this port
manually).  I don't see how my commit conflicts with the patch you sent
me.  Does this commit create an actual problem?
-- 
Trevor Johnson