Jeremy,
That gets me further. If I append
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia
<jerem...@macports.org> wrote:
> Try this:
> --disable-xquartz --disable-glx --disable-dri --disable-launchd
> --enable-kdrive --disable-xsdl --enable-xnest --enable-xvfb
>
>> On Feb 12, 2015, at 12:13, Jack Howarth <howarth.at.macpo...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Jeremy,
>> Exactly what needs to be passed to configure in the xorg-server
>> Portfile to trigger Xvfb to build? I see...
>>
>> --enable-xvfb Build Xvfb server (default: yes)
>>
>> in the output of './configure --help' in the build directory but the
>> config.log left behind only shows...
>>
>> configure:28382: checking whether to build Xvfb DDX
>> configure:28384: result: no
>>
>> Jack
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia
>> <jerem...@macports.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Feb 12, 2015, at 08:58, Jack Howarth <howarth.at.macpo...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Jeremy,
>>>> So I take it that it is impossible to use MacPort's Xvfb
>>>
>>> There is no port for Xvfb. That's the only issue. If you want it, I
>>> suggest you make a subport of xorg-server to provide it.
>>>
>>>> without
>>>> abandoning the use of the Xquartz server in /opt/local/X11?
>>>
>>> I'm not sure where you got that idea, but certainly that is not the case.
>>>
>>> Also, it's not in /opt/local/X11.
>>>
>>>> That is
>>>> rather unfortunate as my experience in packaging over 500 cran modules
>>>> for fink was that at least 26 needed to have R CMD INSTALL passed
>>>> through xvfb-run as those trigger accesses to the X server.
>>>> Jack
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia
>>>> <jerem...@macports.org> wrote:
>>>>> Xvfb is part of xorg-server. MacPorts only installs the XQuartz DDX from
>>>>> the xorg-server and xorg-server-devel ports.
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Feb 11, 2015, at 18:48, Jack Howarth <howarth.at.macpo...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeremy,
>>>>>> Where is the Xvfb binary hidden in MacPorts? It is part of
>>>>>> Xquartz so I assume we must have it hidden in one of the xorg
>>>>>> packages. I ask because I need to leverage Xvfb and the xvfb-run
>>>>>> script borrowed from fink in order to update the rNMR package to 1.1.8
>>>>>> (which attempts to access the X11 server during the R CMD INSTALL
>>>>>> step). In fink, we saw the same issue but solved it by passing the R
>>>>>> command in question to the modified Debian xvfb-run script. Assuming
>>>>>> that MacPorts has Xvfb buried in some package, I can package up the
>>>>>> xvfb-run script for general use.
>>>>>> Jack
>>>>>> <xvfb-run>
>>>>>
>>>
>
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