What is MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE?

[Thomas Mueller]

> Can I safely
> pkg delete -f gio-fam-backend
> since its function is (?) presumably filled by glib 2.36 ?
        
Yes, providing that you've rebuilt all ports that did previously require
gio-fam-backend.

I had three that failed, and MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes apparently had no effect:
multimedia/mplayer, graphics/gstreamer-plugins-gl, multimedia/vlc

I successfully upgraded mplayer to mplayer2.

I tried "make deinstall install" on graphics/gstreamer-plugins-gl: deinstalled but was unable to rebuild and reinstall.

multimedia/vlc failed even with MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes.

My guess is that 
pkg delete -f gio-fam-backend 
would not adversely affect vlc 2.0.6_3,3 because glib 2.36 might serve the function of gio-fam-backend.

Anyway, I don't want to let this stop me from the last step (portmaster -a).

I will want to source-upgrade to the upcoming FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE, and build sysutils/grub2, see if I can create my own Super Grub2 Disk.

Even if vlc is messed up, I can hope to rebuild in the near future.
        

Tom