The following reply was made to PR pkg/36724; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "John R. Shannon" <john@johnrshannon.com>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: pkg-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
	pkgsrc-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: pkg/36724: modular-xorg package seems to assume GNOME is installed
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:41:51 -0600

 The setting for modular Xorg in mk.conf is:
 
 X11_TYPE=modular
 
 x11-links is not used with modular Xorg.
 
 tls@coyotepoint.com wrote:
 >> Number:         36724
 >> Category:       pkg
 >> Synopsis:       modular-xorg package seems to assume GNOME is installed
 >> Confidential:   no
 >> Severity:       serious
 >> Priority:       medium
 >> Responsible:    pkg-manager
 >> State:          open
 >> Class:          sw-bug
 >> Submitter-Id:   net
 >> Arrival-Date:   Thu Aug 02 20:35:00 +0000 2007
 >> Originator:     Thor Lancelot Simon
 >> Release:        NetBSD 4.99.26
 >> Organization:
 > Coyote Point Systems, Inc.
 >> Environment:
 > 	
 > 	
 > System: NetBSD mini-netbsd.ny.coyotepoint.com 4.99.26 NetBSD 4.99.26 (PRIAM) #2: Thu Aug 2 12:17:46 EDT 2007 root@mini-netbsd.ny.coyotepoint.com:/lfs/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PRIAM i386
 > Architecture: i386
 > Machine: i386
 >> Description:
 > 	"make install" for the modular-xorg-server package explodes
 > 	while running some component's configure script because it can't
 > 	find "gnome-config".
 > 
 >> How-To-Repeat:
 > 	try to build modular-xorg-server.  Note that build system does
 > 	not have the NetBSD distribution X sets installed but does have
 > 	X11_TYPE=xorg in mk.conf and xorg-libs and x11-links packages
 > 	installed immediately prior to the attempt to build/install
 > 	modular-xorg-server.
 > 
 > 	See following output from make install:
 > => Required installed package digest>=20010302: digest-20070703 found
 > ===> Skipping vulnerability checks.
 > WARNING: No /lfs/pkgsrc/distfiles/pkg-vulnerabilities file found.
 > WARNING: To fix, install the pkgsrc/security/audit-packages
 > WARNING: package and run: ``/usr/pkg/sbin/download-vulnerability-list''.
 > ===> Installing dependencies for modular-xorg-server-1.2.0nb2
 > ==========================================================================
 > The supported build options for modular-xorg-server are:
 > 
 > 	dri
 > 
 > You can select which build options to use by setting PKG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS
 > or the following variable.  Its current value is shown:
 > 
 > 	PKG_OPTIONS.xorg-server (not defined)
 > 
 > ==========================================================================
 > ==========================================================================
 > The following variables will affect the build process of this package,
 > modular-xorg-server-1.2.0nb2.  Their current value is shown below:
 > 
 >         * VARBASE = /var
 > 
 > You may want to abort the process now with CTRL-C and change their value
 > before continuing.  Be sure to run `/usr/bin/make clean' after
 > the changes.
 > ==========================================================================
 > => Required installed package libtool-base>=1.5.18nb5: libtool-base-1.5.22nb4 found
 > => Required installed package gmake>=3.78: gmake-3.81 found
 > => Required installed package perl>=5.0: perl-5.8.8nb4 found
 > => Required installed package pkg-config>=0.19: pkg-config-0.21nb1 found
 > => Required installed package x11-links>=0.25: x11-links-0.31 found
 > => Required installed package bigreqsproto>=1.0: bigreqsproto-1.0.2 found
 > => Required installed package compositeproto>=0.3.1: compositeproto-0.3.1 found
 > => Required installed package damageproto>=1.1.0: damageproto-1.1.0 found
 > => Required installed package evieext>=1.0.2: evieext-1.0.2 found
 > => Required installed package fixesproto>=4.0: fixesproto-4.0 found
 > => Required installed package fontsproto>=2.0: fontsproto-2.0.2 found
 > => Required installed package randrproto>=1.2.0: randrproto-1.2.1 found
 > => Required installed package renderproto>=0.9.1: renderproto-0.9.2 found
 > => Required installed package resourceproto>=1.0.1: resourceproto-1.0.2 found
 > => Required installed package scrnsaverproto>=1.1.0: scrnsaverproto-1.1.0 found
 > => Required installed package trapproto>=3.4.3: trapproto-3.4.3 found
 > => Required installed package videoproto>=2.2.1: videoproto-2.2.2 found
 > => Required installed package xcmiscproto>=1.1: xcmiscproto-1.1.2 found
 > => Required installed package xextproto>=7.0: xextproto-7.0.2 found
 > => Required installed package inputproto>=1.4: inputproto-1.4.2 found
 > => Required installed package xf86bigfontproto>=1.1: xf86bigfontproto-1.1.2 found
 > => Required installed package xf86dgaproto>=2.0.2: xf86dgaproto-2.0.2 found
 > => Required installed package xf86driproto>=2.0.3: xf86driproto-2.0.3 found
 > => Required installed package glproto>=1.4.6: glproto-1.4.8 found
 > => Required installed package xf86miscproto>=0.9.2: xf86miscproto-0.9.2 found
 > => Required installed package xf86vidmodeproto>=2.2.1: xf86vidmodeproto-2.2.2 found
 > => Required installed package xineramaproto>=1.1.1: xineramaproto-1.1.2 found
 > => Required installed package xproto>=7.0.9: xproto-7.0.10 found
 > => Required installed package xtrans>=1.0.3: xtrans-1.0.3 found
 > => Required installed package xkbdata-[0-9]*: NOT found
 > => Verifying reinstall for ../../x11/xkbdata
 > => Required installed package digest>=20010302: digest-20070703 found
 > ===> Skipping vulnerability checks.
 > WARNING: No /lfs/pkgsrc/distfiles/pkg-vulnerabilities file found.
 > WARNING: To fix, install the pkgsrc/security/audit-packages
 > WARNING: package and run: ``/usr/pkg/sbin/download-vulnerability-list''.
 > ===> Installing dependencies for xkbdata-1.0.1nb1
 > => Required installed package xkbcomp-[0-9]*: NOT found
 > => Verifying reinstall for ../../x11/xkbcomp
 > => Required installed package digest>=20010302: digest-20070703 found
 > ===> Skipping vulnerability checks.
 > WARNING: No /lfs/pkgsrc/distfiles/pkg-vulnerabilities file found.
 > WARNING: To fix, install the pkgsrc/security/audit-packages
 > WARNING: package and run: ``/usr/pkg/sbin/download-vulnerability-list''.
 > ===> Configuring for xkbcomp-1.0.3
 > => Modifying GNU configure scripts to avoid --recheck
 > => Replacing config-guess with pkgsrc versions
 > => Replacing config-sub with pkgsrc versions
 > => Replacing install-sh with pkgsrc version
 > configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.
 >     If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used.
 > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g wheel
 > checking whether build environment is sane... yes
 > checking for gawk... /usr/bin/awk
 > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
 > checking for i386--netbsdelf-strip... no
 > checking for strip... strip
 > checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
 > checking for i386--netbsdelf-gcc... cc
 > checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
 > checking whether the C compiler works... yes
 > checking whether we are cross compiling... no
 > checking for suffix of executables... 
 > checking for suffix of object files... o
 > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
 > checking whether cc accepts -g... yes
 > checking for cc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
 > checking for style of include used by make... GNU
 > checking dependency style of cc... gcc3
 > checking for bison... no
 > checking for byacc... no
 > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g wheel
 > checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
 > checking for XKBCOMP... gnome-config: not found
 > gnome-config: not found
 > configure: error: Package requirements (x11 xkbfile) were not met:
 > 
 > No package 'x11' found
 > No package 'xkbfile' 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 XKBCOMP_CFLAGS
 > and XKBCOMP_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
 > See the pkg-config man page for more details.
 > 
 > *** Error code 1
 > 
 > Stop.
 > make: stopped in /lfs/pkgsrc/x11/xkbcomp
 > *** Error code 1
 > 
 > Stop.
 > make: stopped in /lfs/pkgsrc/x11/xkbcomp
 > *** Error code 1
 > 
 > Stop.
 > make: stopped in /lfs/pkgsrc/x11/xkbdata
 > *** Error code 1
 > 
 > Stop.
 > make: stopped in /lfs/pkgsrc/x11/modular-xorg-server
 >> Fix:
 > 	<how to correct or work around the problem, if known (multiple
 > 	lines)>
 > 
 >> Unformatted:
 >  	
 >  	
 
 
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 John R. Shannon, CISSP
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