Re: How to test GUI ports within their poudriere jails?

In reply to: Edward Sanford Sutton, III: "How to test GUI ports within their poudriere jails?"
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From: Fernando_Apesteguía <fernando.apesteguia_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 17:11:53 UTC

On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 2:03 AM Edward Sanford Sutton, III <
mirror176@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a preferred way to test GUI ports function correctly within
> poudriere? Wondering if there is a workflow to do so instead of just
> creating an install on a second computer or in a virtual machine. My
> primary goal is to be able to confirm it still functions properly with
> minimal runtime dependencies as my main FreeBSD system is a desktop with
> many things installed so would contaminate that check.
>

I have a jail + Xnest for that. Works fine. However, note that this
approach won't catch a number of runtime problems.

Cheers.

>
> Thanks,
> Edward Sanford Sutton, III
>
>