Re: [gentoo-user] Modular X

[Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name>]

Jim wrote:
> Would this be a problem with the EBuild or with the app?  I am try to
> install tightvnc and get the following error.
> 
>>>> Source unpacked.
>>>> Compiling source
> in /var/tmp/portage/tightvnc-1.2.9-r1/work/vnc_unixsrc ...
> /usr/portage/net-misc/tightvnc/tightvnc-1.2.9-r1.ebuild: line 41: xmkmf:
> command not found
> 
> !!! ERROR: net-misc/tightvnc-1.2.9-r1 failed.
> Call stack:
>   ebuild.sh, line 1526:   Called dyn_compile
>   ebuild.sh, line 923:   Called src_compile
>   tightvnc-1.2.9-r1.ebuild, line 41:   Called die
> 
> I take it xmkmf is no longer used in xorg 7.0?

alexander@blatt /var/db/pkg $ epm -qf `which xmkmf `
imake-1.0.1-r1

Please file a bug against tightvnc, as it's missing
a dependency.

BTW: Why use tightvnc at all? Realvnc 4 is as fast in
my experience and there's still somebody workign on it -
seeing that the last update to tightvnc is dated
July 2005, I doubt that anybody maintains it anymore.

Alexander Skwar
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