NetBSD Problem Report #40735

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Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:16:11 +0000 (UTC)
From: joern.clausen@uni-bielefeld.de
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Subject: native vs. pkgsrc expat
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>Number:         40735
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       native vs. pkgsrc expat
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 24 13:20:00 +0000 2009
>Originator:     Jörn Clausen
>Release:        
>Organization:
University of Bielefeld
>Environment:
SunOS opensolaris 5.11 snv_101b i86pc i386 i86pc


>Description:
On OpenSolaris 11, expat seems to be considered a native package. When X11_TYPE is set to "modular" and PREFER_PKGSRC is defined (in the current case it contains "zlib"), the definition of PREFER_PKGSRC in mk/defaults/mk.conf (containing expat) is overridden. This causes devel/apr0 to fail:


checking for Expat in /usr... no
configure: error: Expat was not found (or recognized) in "/usr"


Installing textproc/expat manually or adding it to PREFER_PKGSRC solves this issue.


I am unsure, what the real problem is:


 - The pkgsrc guide allows to define PREFER_PKGSRC, but fails to mention that under certain conditions, it already contains some defaults. Maybe it should suggest a syntax that appends packages to a possibly already defined list.


 - textproc/expat/builtin.mk checks for the presence of a native expat, which then does not satisfy the requirements of devel/apr0. Maybe the test is not sufficient?
>How-To-Repeat:


>Fix:

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