[Goodies-dev] xfce4-wavelan-plugin: improved FreeBSD support

Carl Johan Gustavsson carl.gustavsson at bahnhofbredband.se
Mon Jan 21 23:11:26 CET 2008


Carl Johan Gustavsson wrote:
> Hi devs!
>
> The current xfce4-wavelan-plugin does not work on FreeBSD 7.x (don't
> even compile due to some API that was deprecated) and on 6.x/5.x it only
> supports a few devices. Therefore I've updated the code in the plugin
> that's used on FreeBSD >6.0. I've tested it on 6.x with a Intel 2200BG
> card (iwi-driver in FreeBSD). I've compile-tested it on 7.x and *should*
> work properly. For FreeBSD version pre 6.0 the old code still is in use
> since I've not had the opportunity to test the new code on 5.x.
>
> Because the new code for FreeBSD is quite different from the original
> *BSD-code I made a separate source-file for it.
>
> Then a problem with the build arose because I had to change Makefile.am.
> The PNG-images are broken and the build process can't generate a new
> inline-icons.h. The solution to that is either to touch inline-icons.h
> or disconnect it from the build. My automake-foo is nonexistent so I
> choose the simple solution for my testing. But this probably should be
> fixed properly when a new release is made of the plugin.
>
> The code is attached as a diff on the panel-plugin-dir.
>
> Please test and comment.
>
> Regards,
> Carl Johan Gustavsson
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Hi,
I've got some results.

It's an error in patch that makes it not compile on releng_7. When that
was fixed I got it tested on releng_7 (thanks miwi) and it crashes. So I
have to work some more with this before it's ready.

Regards,
Carl Johan Gustavsson



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