Re: multimedia/vlc configuration failure

[Sverre Froyen <sverre%viewmark.com@localhost>]

> > On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:48:00 +0900, Sverre Froyen 
> > <sverre%viewmark.com@localhost>
> 
> wrote:
> > > pkgsrc libX11 does get build and installed as a prerequisite for vlc. I
> > > am using native X, however, which provides its own libX11. The pkgsrc
> > > libX11 includes xcb support, the native libX11 does not. I suspect that
> > > the vlc configure step examines the latter.
> > > 
> > > The question is, how to fix this? The best solution seems to be an
> > > upgrade to the native libX11.
> > 
> > How about following patch?
> > 
> > Index: multimedia/vlc/Makefile
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvsroot/pkgsrc/multimedia/vlc/Makefile,v
> > retrieving revision 1.106
> > diff -u -r1.106 Makefile
> > --- multimedia/vlc/Makefile     31 Jan 2011 16:47:56 -0000      1.106
> > +++ multimedia/vlc/Makefile     6 Feb 2011 13:49:33 -0000
> > @@ -151,6 +151,10 @@
> > 
> >   .include "../../multimedia/libogg/buildlink3.mk"
> >   .include "../../multimedia/libtheora/buildlink3.mk"
> >   .include "../../x11/libX11/buildlink3.mk"
> > 
> > +# no xcb support libX11?
> > +.if ${X11_TYPE} != "modular" ||
> > !exists(${X11BASE}/lib/pkgconfig/x11-xcb.pc) +CONFIGURE_ARGS+=
> > --disable-xcb
> > +.endif
> > 
> >   # needs x264_encoder_delayed_frames
> >   BUILDLINK_API_DEPENDS.x264-devel+= x264-devel>=20100201
> >   .include "../../multimedia/x264-devel/buildlink3.mk"
> 
> This works only if I *also* disable glx in options.mk. There is some magic
> in the configure script that mixes glx and xcb.

While this builds and installs (after adjusting PLIST), the resulting vlc does 
not display the video (sound works). Perhaps related to removing the glx 
option?

Regards,
Sverre

PS How do I enable xcb in NetBSD's native libX11?