Re: Problem building x11/nvidia-driver; ref. n245494-6827435548d2

On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 01:18:37PM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 05:08:50 -0700
> David Wolfskill <david_at_catwhisker.org> wrote:
> ... 
> > Indeed, it appears that the n245494-6827435548d2 change was intended to
> > fix the issue that I am now just seeing.
> >  ...
> > So...  help?  What do I need to do to be able to build the kernel now?
> > 
> > (E.g., if I need to just skip building x11/nvidia-driver once, get
> > everything installed, then build "normally" (with x11/nvidia-driver)
> > -- that's fine; I just need a clue.)
> > 
> 
> For me trying to build nvidia-driver along with the kernel always fails
> miserably.

Huh.  That has not been my experience: I have

PORTS_MODULES+=x11/nvidia-driver

in /etc/src.conf, and it almost always Just Works.  (I'm tracking head,
stable/12, and (now) stable/13 daily, so that's quite a number of
build/installs.)

> My tree is at 096a8472167..c96151d3350  main.
> 
> Building the kernel on its own followed by building nvidia-driver in
> the ports tree worked for me with no problems (but I didn't install
> either one of them yet).
> ....

I did go ahead and comment out the above-quoted /etc/src.conf line,
re-started hte build/install (which worked without incident).

I have restored the

PORTS_MODULES+=x11/nvidia-driver

line in /etc/src.conf, and I'm rebuilding again.

I suspect that I could merely have copied (installed) the updated
share/mk/* files... but it's my perception that there are some exposed
sharp edges there. :-}

OK; the rebuild that includes x11/nvidia-driver appears to have
succeeded, so that appears to be *a* way to address it.

Peace,
david
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