vbox building and freebsd

[Desmond Chapman]

I'm posting this to two mailing lists because of the environment.

#  /home/moleque/VirtualBox-2.0.0/./configure
Checking for environment: Determined build machine: freebsd.amd64, target machine: freebsd.amd64, OK.
Checking for kBuild: found, OK.
Checking for gcc: found version 4.2.1, OK.
Checking for as86: found version 0.16.17, OK.
Checking for bcc: found version 0.16.17, OK.
Checking for iasl: found version 20070320, OK.
Checking for xslt: found, OK.
Checking for pthread: found, OK.
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libc.so.6" not found, required by "kmk_sed"
Checking for libxml2: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libc.so.6" not found, required by "kmk_sed"

  xml2 not found at -L/usr/local/lib -lxml2   -lpthread  or xml2 headers not found
  Check the file /usr/home/moleque/sdk/bindings/configure.log for detailed error information.


===>  Installing for libxml2-2.6.32
===>   libxml2-2.6.32 depends on executable: pkg-config - found
===>   Generating temporary packing list
===>  Checking if textproc/libxml2 already installed
===>   libxml2-2.6.32 is already installed
      You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again
      by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly.
      If you really wish to overwrite the old port of textproc/libxml2
      without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER"
      in your environment or the "make install" command line.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/textproc/libxml2.


There seems to be a conflict here.


I also want to post a patch sent to me for bin86. I don't know the original source but would like to see it added. It will help x86 builds on amd64 hosts.  I was asked to share it.

from:walt (w41ter at gmail.com)

"Desmond Chapman wrote:
> Thanks for offering the help. How do I apply the patch that you sent?
 
My pleasure.  The 'patch' program has a zillion confusing options because
it has morphed many times from its original incarnation, but the '-p' flag
is the main one to understand.
 
I didn't make the patch I posted, but this is how I would have done it:
 
#cd /tmp (or wherever you prefer)
#tar -xvzf /path/to/bin86-0.16.17.tar.gz
#cd bin86-0.16.17  (customary to generate patches from the top directory)
#cp ld/x86_aout.h ld/x86_aout.h.orig  (the usual naming, but arbitrary)
#vi ld/x86_aout.h   (make the needed changes and save them)
#diff -u ld/x86_aout.h.orig ld/x86_aout.h > /tmp/mynewpatch
 
Now, look at the beginning of mynewpatch:
 
--- ld/x86_aout.h.orig	2003-01-28 17:17:14.000000000 -0500
+++ ld/x86_aout.h	2005-05-07 22:40:05.000000000 -0400
 
That's important because it tells you I made the patch from the top of
the source directory, but that's a tradition that not everyone obeys.
 
Applying a patch is the mirror image of making a patch, so you need to
know where to be in the source directory before you apply it.  Hence,
the -p flag is critical.
 
This is how I would apply this particular patch:
 
#cd /tmp    (see the mirror image process already?)
#tar -xvzf /path/to/bin86-0.16.17.tar.gz
#cd bin86-0.16.17
#patch -p0 < /path/to/mynewpatch  (there's that -p flag at last!)
 
That -p0 tells 'patch' that you are now in the same directory where
the patch was first generated.  If you instead chose to be in the
/tmp/bin86-0.16.17/ld directory when applying the patch, you would
use -p1 instead of -p0.
 
That's just a clue. You need to read the patch manpage for the rest!
 
Please do pass this post on to anyone/everyone you think needs help.
That's what opensource is all about.  Let me know if you're still
confused."


On my own behalf, forgive me if I am a bit confusing; but, I am diving head first into a development  environment I have little experience with.

How do I solve the xml2 conflict listed above the patch?






 




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