Re: X patches
On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 11:26:01PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Hartmut Koptein wrote:
>
> > > Hello all. I was wondering where I could pickup the various patches used
> > > on Debian/PPC to make X work? I'd like to compare patches (Trying to
> > > cleanup/fix X 3.3.5, last "update" caused some problems..). Thanks.
> >
> > Debian src-packages are different to rpm src-packages (srpm). srpm often includes
> > many little patches in _one_ file (orig src + patches). This has maybe some
> > advantages but also one big dis-advantage: you must download also the big original
> > source archive.
>
> I've got some spare space on my PC, and i'm learning debian stuff :)
>
> > For debian we have the upstream source (xfree_<version>.orig.tar.gz) and one
> > patch file (xfree_<version>-<debian-version>.diff.gz).
> >
> > Have a look at:
> >
> > ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/unstable/main/source/x11/xfree86-1_3.3.3.5-2.diff.gz
>
> Erk, this has the patches needed for PPC compiles in it?
>
The patch contains the debian directory. You will find the patches you are
looking for in debian/patches.
Notice this are all debian patches, not only the one for powerpc. They are cut
in a lot of small patches.
Please keep me informed of your progress, and lets try to get as much as
possible of it into 3.3.6.
Friendly,
Sven LUTHER
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