freebsd stable - Dec 2018 - Common Desktop Environment broken when compiling from ports tree on FreeBSD 12 RC3 (May also apply to the final build)

I ran into problems compiling the CDE in FreeBSD 12.0 RC3 (PowerPC) on my eMac.
It says it is broken and cannot be compiled. Also, any ETA on when this port of
the OS will go into Tier 1? Compiling software, desktop environments, X11, using
11.1 and the now unsupported 10.4 failed when I tried those a while back (and
personally I have been partial to Linux and how easily I can just get software
via APT or Zypper... I would be running Debian Sid if they didn?t drop support
for the eMac in terms of my internal display not working after Jessie)

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CC the package maintainer.

As for powerpc on tier 1, I'm afraid that it's not likely to ever
happen.  Powerpc is dying.  If anybody were buying new ppc hardware,
then it would be a different story.  But I predict that powerpc is
likely to be dropped than to go Tier 1.  Sorry.

-Alan

On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 5:42 PM Alex McKeever
<alex.mckeever at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> I ran into problems compiling the CDE in FreeBSD 12.0 RC3 (PowerPC) on my
eMac. It says it is broken and cannot be compiled. Also, any ETA on when this
port of the OS will go into Tier 1? Compiling software, desktop environments,
X11, using 11.1 and the now unsupported 10.4 failed when I tried those a while
back (and personally I have been partial to Linux and how easily I can just get
software via APT or Zypper... I would be running Debian Sid if they didn?t drop
support for the eMac in terms of my internal display not working after Jessie)
>
> Sent from my iPad
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On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 04:35:32PM -0500, Alex McKeever
wrote:
> I ran into problems compiling the CDE in FreeBSD 12.0 RC3 (PowerPC)
> on my eMac.
I don't know of anyone else who has tried to run it.

The server-class ports on powerpc64 have been in good shape for several
years.  However, the desktop ports are lagging way behind.  For instance,
we are still working to get gnome and kde working properly.  Other desktop
environments are going to require more people to take up working on them.

I personally would like to see powerpc64 ports at (near-) parity with
amd64, but we have a lot of work to go yet.

mcl

pon., 17 gru 2018 o 00:42 Alex McKeever <alex.mckeever at sbcglobal.net>
napisa?(a):
>
> I ran into problems compiling the CDE in FreeBSD 12.0 RC3 (PowerPC) on my
eMac. It says it is broken and cannot be compiled. Also, any ETA on when this
port of the OS will go into Tier 1? Compiling software, desktop environments,
X11, using 11.1 and the now unsupported 10.4 failed when I tried those a while
back (and personally I have been partial to Linux and how easily I can just get
software via APT or Zypper... I would be running Debian Sid if they didn?t drop
support for the eMac in terms of my internal display not working after Jessie)
FWIW, the x11/cde port is not just broken on MIPS and PowerPC; it's marked
broken on FreeBSD 12 on all architectures.