FreeBSD Port: xterm-238

[Ashish SHUKLA]

Vlad GURDIGA writes:
> Hello,

> After updating my xterm port, uxterm stopped working saying that:

> % uxterm
> xterm:  bad command line option "-u8"

> usage:  xterm [-/+132] [-C] [-Sccn] [-T string] [-/+ah] [-/+ai] [-/+aw]
>     [-b number] [-/+bc] [-bcf milliseconds] [-bcn milliseconds] [-bd color]
>     [-/+bdc] [-bg color] [-bw number] [-/+cb] [-cc classrange] [-class string]
>     [-/+cm] [-/+cn] [-cr color] [-/+cu] [-/+dc] [-display displayname]
>     [-e command args ...] [-fa pattern] [-fb fontname] [-/+fbb] [-/+fbx]
>     [-fd pattern] [-fg color] [-fi fontname] [-fn fontname] [-fs size]
>     [-fx fontname] [#geom] [%geom] [-geometry geom] [-help] [-/+hm] [-/+hold]
>     [-iconic] [-/+ie] [-/+im] [-into windowId] [-/+j] [-/+k8]
>     [-kt keyboardtype] [-/+l] [-leftbar] [-lf filename] [-/+ls] [-/+mb]
>     [-mc milliseconds] [-/+mesg] [-ms color] [-n string] [-name string]
>     [-nb number] [-/+nul] [-/+pc] [-/+pob] [-rightbar] [-/+rv] [-/+rvc] [-/+rw]
>     [-/+s] [-/+samename] [-/+sb] [-selbg color] [-selfg color] [-/+sf] [-/+si]
>     [-/+sk] [-sl number] [-/+sm] [-/+sp] [-/+t] [-ti termid] [-title string]
>     [-tm string] [-tn name] [-/+uc] [-/+ulc] [-/+ulit] [-/+ut] [-/+vb]
>     [-version] [-/+wf] [-xrm resourcestring] [-ziconbeep percent]

> Type xterm -help for a full description.

> %

> Then I found in the x11/xterm Makefile this:

> .if defined(WITH_WIDE_CHARS)
> CONFIGURE_ARGS+=        --enable-wide-chars --enable-luit
> .endif

> and, of course after I've rebuilt x11/xterm with "make
> -DWITH_WIDE_CHARS" everything worked. I guess if the uxterm wrapper
> script is installed, then WITH_WIDE_CHARS should probably be enabled
> by default. What do you think?

I think this should be in the OPTIONS variable of xterm port's
Makefile. Because this variable is not even documented anywhere and you
won't notice this unless you're in habit of reading the port Makefile.

-- 
Ashish SHUKLA
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