Re: converting a package to modular xorg

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:59:56 +0200
Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 11:43:59AM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > What is the proper way to convert a package to modular xorg?  Doing
> > a pkg_comp build to convert some of my machines, I found three
> > packages that won't work with it: net/pload, net/mtr, and
> > x11/stalonesystray.
> 
> All three are fixed. I would like to ask all developers to not commit
> ANY new code with includes of mk/x11.buildlink3.mk. If you are not
> sure about the dependencies -- ask.
> 
> I'll go over the list for at leat those packages that can be built on
> i386/current without pulling too much stuff in.
> 
Thanks.  As for asking -- if I'd known it was an issue, I'd have asked
before committing the package...  The documentation in pkgsrc.txt
doesn't address this at all (I did check beforehand).


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb