xorg build error: needs uuid

[Paul Bender]

Chuck Robey wrote:
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> I got an error during configuration of libSM, it wanted a package "uuid".  I
> foound (using google) a linux package named libuuid, but since I don't run
> Linux, I'd never seen it on my FreeBSD-current system, not anywhere in the
> sources, not even in the ports.  Is this soomewhere in the xorg sources?  I
> searched for *uuid* but didn't find it.
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> If it's a linux-only thing, is it reasonable to make xorg dependent upon it (or,
> maybe I'm jumping to conclusions here).  I need to find some way to get past this.
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It is not a Linux only thing. Also, you can disable it, which is what I 
am doing in MiniMyth (which is Linux based). Add '--without-libuuid' 
when you configure libSM.