Does anyone know how to specify cmake and gmake as build dependencies for a porT?

when I do "USES= gmake" I get an error saying "expecting: pattern:origin[@flavour][:target]" rather than just gmake.

Fair, but what do I use?

There are *multiple* instances of Makefiles that have `USES= gmake`

farhan: "USES=gmake" is fine according to docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/#uses-gmake. can you show the entire port makefile?

oh wait...USES makes it run `gmake` in the directory...no...I want to run a script...

the port has a build script that invokes gmake? in that case add gmake to BUILD_DEPENDS and use a custom build command

that complains that I need to specify a version of gmake

expecting: pattern:origin[@flavour][:target] \n got: gmake

the version can be >0

although looking at other ports, BUILD_DEPENDS=gmake:devel/gmake should be fine

so is that like `gmake>0` ?

are you sure it's complaining you need to specify a version?

the error message suggests you write "BUILD_DEPENDS=gmake" while actually you need to specify both the port and the origin, i.e. gmake:devel/gmake

So...that runs c++ -pthread -lgit2 -o usrbin/gitstatusd. <-- A build command. Why? I didn't specify to run `make` anywhere.

I suspect I need to overwrite the build command...

it runs make by default, if your port uses another build command then see docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/special/#building, specifically you probably need to set something like MAKE_CMD=./build.sh

Thank you...I apologize, beena. Few days of troubles with coding

fwiw, you might also considering asking upstream to support a standard build system, or even provide a patch to do that

it's not required but it does make it easier for everyone if software builds in a standard way

The github itself says its not maintained. I suppose I could fork it (GPLv3)

if i'm understanding this right, Apache with mod_event uses thread count to scale processes, but every child has a fixed thread count, so if you have ThreadsPerChild 64, and it currently has 64 threads and needs 1 more, it'll create a new child with another 64 threads... is that right?

this seems weird and difficult to reason about, i'd rather there was just a way to specify min/max children

Hi all ok I've got freebsd running X with xfce4 and startxfce4 works. I'd like now to setup a greeter and get xrdp working....

Daniel72HertsUK: Not sure about a greeter, but xrdp is super easy.

What's a greeter?

It provides the login front end to your x windows system so asks for user/pass

Maybe I don't need that I just need to tell xrdp what to launch when login is successful

Ah. A login manager. Something like LightDM, maybe?

So I'm having this extremely bizarre performance issue forums.freebsd.org/threads/extremel…nce-but-only-in-one-direction.98580

And, xrdp doesn't need a login manager. It already has one.

Exactly I've just installed lightdm to see if it works

FreeBSD on the Desktop is REAL!! usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/m…d6/Screenshot_20250717_143920-1.png

it has been for more than 20 years, tyvm.

Yay got there it's not too hard actually enable xrdp daemon and mod the startwm.sh script in the xrdp directory

Daniel72HertsUK: Yep. Very simple.

My gut is thinking it'd pay to learn sysrc?

Got lightdm greeter going too looks alright apart from some odd mouse move artifacts

Leaving black squares behind

What should I add to xfce4 I wonder

Whatever you'd like. Or nothing.

Anyway I can use Symphytum now which is the main reason for setting up x

I usually add some of the extra settings add-ons such as the control panel thingamajigger.

I'd find someone who is mad keen on customisation

"greeter" sounds like gdm or xdm

rtprio: Yeah. He went with LightDM.

rtprio yes I went with lightdm-gtk looks quite nice out the box actually

SponiX: heck of a screenshot there

lightdm... didn't know it does that

complete nube question when you pkg install there are messages at the end there must be a way of looking at those later

Daniel72HertsUK: pkg info -D <package name>

Daniel72HertsUK: pkg info -D

jinx

thanks

ivy got me! Derp! ;)

Daniel72HertsUK: however note this doesn't necessarily print *all* the messages you say in pkg since package post-install scripts may print things. postfix is particularly bad for this, for example

s/you say/you saw/

Yep. Especially anything that set any kind of variables.

wow, apache.org uses qmail for their mailing lists

ivy I am thinking alias pkginstall='pkg install $1 | tee install$1.txt' or a script

why is that necessary?

rtprio do an install with lots of dependencies sometime it's fine when there's a few but > 20

i guess

pkg install gimp if you haven't recently 37 dependencies all can have messages

yeah, i very much doubt there's anything actionable on any of them

Wow I'm seeing qpdf, cups, gutenprint, ghostscript