Re: mk.conf and building probs

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

My main Q was for

PKG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS+=-dbus

That was added after building X11 by using

X11_TYPE=       modular


I see no use of dbus ...

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 11:42 PM Roland Illig <roland.illig%gmx.de@localhost> wrote:
>
> Am 31.01.2024 um 16:27 schrieb Todd Gruhn:
> > At the end of /etc/mk.conf I added this to make X11
> > with pkg-source:
> >
> >
> > NO_CHECKSUM=    yes
>
> Eeek, this looks wrong. Why did you need to disable the checksums for
> the downloaded distfiles? Skipping the checksums should never be needed,
> as it allows upstream distfile repositories to send you modified files.
>
> > X11_TYPE=       modular
>
> This looks fine, but to get a consistent collection of packages, you
> need to rebuild all packages after making such a wide-ranging change.
>
> > Can this mess up builds of other programs?
>
> Yes, it can, as the dependencies of some packages will change.
>
> > should I rebuild modular-xorg?
>
> Yes. If you are curious about the actual changes, you can make a backup
> of your existing binary packages, then rebuild the packages and compare
> them. In the +BUILD_INFO files, I expect changes in the dependency lines.
>
> Roland
>