Can't install WindowMaker

[Chris Whitehouse]

On 20/03/2012 04:58, illoai at gmail.com wrote:
> On 11 March 2012 04:17, Sabine Baer<baerks at t-online.de>  wrote:
>> Sorry if I'm totally wrong here but I don't know where to ask.
>>
>> I'm using WindowMaker as my window manager for some years. I do not
>> remember why, but some days ago, I deinstalled ist. Now, I can't
>> install it.
>>
>> $uname -rp
>>   |7.4-STABLE amd64
>>
>> #portmaster -aD
>> |all up to date (had a long run of updating gcc46 and others this
>> |morning)
>>
>> #portmaster /x11-wm/windomaker
>>   |[...]
>>   |handlers.c:542: warning: implicit declaration of function 'FD_ISSET'
>>   |*** Error code 1
>
> I know I'm going back a ways here but:
>
> Unless you have WERROR set, I don't think that warning is
> the thing giving you "*** Error code 1".  Look up a bit (or a
> lot) higher.
>
Hi,
There is a thread on the ports mailing list which may be relevant. 
Subject "[PATCH] proposal for x11-wm/windowmaker". See below for a bit 
of it.

On 3/19/2012 4:54 PM, Ade Lovett wrote:
 > > On 3/19/2012 16:15, Doug Barton wrote:
 >> >> On 3/19/2012 12:59 AM, Arrigo Marchiori wrote:
 >>> >>> Hello,
 >>> >>>
 >>> >>> I am attaching a "quick-and-dirty" patch that should reallow
 >>> >>> compilation of x11-wm/windowmaker under 7-STABLE.
 >>> >>>
 >>> >>> The problem seems to be the missing macro HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H; 
the patch
 >>> >>> just forces it in the configure script if a FreeBSD system is
 >>> >>> detected.
 >> >>
 >> >> I'm not opposed to adding that if someone can confirm that it allows
 >> >> WindowMaker to compile on 7-stable.
 > >
 > > Since it's for 7-stable only (apparently), it would be better off
 > > wrapped in an OSVERSION check to make things abundantly clear as to why
 > > it's being done.
Yes, I was planning to do that, but thanks for the suggestion in any case.