Re: kern/71142; VESA 1024x768 @ the console

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:36:52 -0600
Nikolas Britton <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:42:47 -0600
> >Nikolas Britton <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>I got tired of having to patch by hand all the systems I wanted this 
> >>patch on and all the systems I patched but then updated with cvsup so I 
> >>made a simple batch script to do it for me, this script will do steps 
> >>1...9 (see below). all you have to do is paste it into a file and then 
> >>run it as root (i.e. "sh vesa-patch-script"):
> >
> >Care to make it a port ? Or should I do it for you put you as maintainer
> >or me if you don't have the time to spare ?
> >  
> Make what a port, you mean that hack I called a script? lol, I guess it 
> could be, never made a port b4, but it would have to be redone as I'd 
> never sign my name to it. It has no error control except for a cascading 
> failure if the patch doesn't download or untar and it should include the 
> patch to fix the mouse error. I think a better idea might be to redo it 
> into a real script and post it to the PR?: 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=71142
> 
> Some pseudocode off the top of my head:

 [ ... ]

All of it is very easy to handle with our ports framework.

> (could just use pre-patched files and skip the patching part?)

It would be easier, I guess, and it would be easy to make the port die
if the src/ files have newer IDs that those in the patch ==> safe.

> cd into vidcontrol.
> cp new vidcontrol files.
> make the new vidcontrol program.
> do the mouse patch crap.
> 
> I know only perl so it would have to be done in perl unless someone else 
> wants to make it a real sh script.

Then I'll make a port sometime this week. bsd.port.mk has all that is
needed and I see no reason to depend on perl.


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IOnut
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