Re: meta-pkgs/gnome fails for me on NetBSD 4.0/i386

[Dan Engholm <mustang%engholm.org@localhost>]

John Nemeth wrote:
> On Dec 31,  3:02pm, Dan Engholm wrote:
> } Subject: meta-pkgs/gnome fails for me on NetBSD 4.0/i386
> } I am running stock NetBSD 4.0 with the standard XFree86 based X on a Xen 
> } guest domain for my builds*.  The gnome meta package fails in the 
> } wm/metacity dependent package.
> } 
> } 
> } checking for METACITY... configure: error: Package requirements 
> } (gtk+-2.0 >= 2.10.0 pango >= 1.2.0 gconf-2.0 >= 1.2.0 
> } libstartup-notification-1.0 >= 0.7 xcomposite >= 0.2 xfixes xrender 
> } xdamage xcursor) were not met:
> } 
> } No package 'xdamage' found
> } 
> } Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
> } installed software in a non-standard prefix.
> } 
> } Alternatively, you may set the environment variables METACITY_CFLAGS
> } and METACITY_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
> } See the pkg-config man page for more details.
>
>      This is a known problem.  See:
>
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2008/08/07/msg001662.html
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2008/08/07/msg001663.html
>
> }-- End of excerpt from Dan Engholm
>   
John,

Thanks for the information.  That looked like exactly the same problem.  
I looked around for over an hour for information on upgrading to modular 
X.org but didn't find anything useful.  Do you have any pointers to such 
a how-to?  What is the minimum set of packages required to get gnome 
compiled?

--Dan