CAM_NEW_TRAN changes-next set of changes ready for review

[Scott Long]

mjacob at freebsd.org wrote:
> 
>>>
>>>  /usr/ports/audio/cdparanoia
>>>  /usr/ports/audio/sound-juicer
>>>  /usr/ports/audio/xmcd
>>>  /usr/ports/emulators/mtools
>>>  /usr/ports/misc/mtx
>>>  /usr/ports/multimedia/k9copy
>>>
>>> I *think* based upon scanning them that only cdparanoia would have to 
>>> *really* be recompiled- in fact, it just an XPT_PATH_INQ, so it might 
>>> even get away from having to be recompiled.
>>>
>>> Any glaring omissions?
>>>
>>> -matt
>>>
>>
>> I think that there are some GNOME and KDE apps that also might be
>> affected.  You can always pass a patch off to the ports team (portmgr)
>> and ask them to do a trial run with it.  They are always very open to
>> that; better to have everything fixed ahead of time than to deal with
>> things suddenly breaking.
> 
> 
> The sound-juicer stuff and k9copy are part of GNOME.
> 

Ah, I haven't kept up with GNOME.

> I mailed portmgr, but it strikes me that all I need to do is get through 
> a complete build cycle in ports myself- if possible. This should leave 
> enough work stuff around that I can grep for CAM in source files and see 
> if things would break. Jeez, what a lotta work.
> 

If there are no API or soruce level changes expected, then it's probably
not a big deal.  A message to the usual lists telling people to look for
problems and recompile is sufficient.

Scott