Re: 2020Q4 - Linux - Unable to build gtk3

[Michael Huff <mphuff%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 1/29/2021 1:12 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> from Michael Huff:
>
> > On 1/28/2021 4:31 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> > > > The last thing I tried was setting X11_TYPE=modular in
> > > > /usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf in hopes that gtk3 would find the files it needs there.
> > > I believe that in pkgsrc, X11_TYPE is always modular on Linux or any non-NetBSD.
> > > X11_TYPE=native is for NetBSD only, as far as I know.
> > > Or can pkgsrc recognize X11_TYPE=native in a Linux distro that includes X11, or OpenBSD with Xenocara?
> > Tom
>
> > I'm not sure -but I didn't notice any of the xorg-libs being built in
> > any of my previous attempts to build gtk3, so I don't think so?
> > I could easily be wrong, though.
> Maybe pkgsrc recognized xorg as part of the system already there, like with native xorg in NetBSD?
>
> In Linux, pkgsrc would have to work with a Linux package manager already there, since everything in Linux is a package, unlike FreeBSD and NetBSD where there is a well-defined base system.
>
> I notice there is no util-linux in pkgsrc, and no Linux kernel which would be impossible to maintain as part of pkgsrc in view of so many versions.
>
> Tom


Centos and Redhat seem to use Wayland? Also, I didn't install a xorg-dev 
package, and I have set PREFER_PKGSRC=yes in mk.conf . It's possible 
that pkgsrc built an xorg library before -without my knowing about it, 
but I don't think so?

As far as the rest goes -I think it's a similar situation to 
Illumos/OpenIndiana and other non-BSD platforms where you're not running 
a BSD kernel and have to co-exist with other local packages. 
Everything's kept in /usr/pkg (or whatever you set as root), including 
the pkgdb, and you have to set your PATH, MANPATH and other variables 
accordingly. So as a result it's all isolated from the rest of the 
system as much as possible.