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Re: xfree86 4.2.1-0pre1v1 available at the X Strike Force



[There is no need to CC me on mail to debian-x, which I read.]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:25:14AM +0200, Richard Zidlicky wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 02:28:39PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 06:46:03PM +0200, Richard Zidlicky wrote:
> > > I have tested the various releases on m68k, so far it seems
> > > the module loading in the X server is still broken on the 68060.
> > > The statically linked server works fine, would it be possible to 
> > > make that the default for the m68k until module loading is fixed?
> > 
> > What do you mean by "default"?
> 
> currently I have to install xserver-xfree86-dbg to get a working
> server. For m68k it would be better to build xserver-xfree86 with 
> all drivers and modules statically linked into the server.

Okay, for m68k I will make x-window-system core depend on
xserver-xfree86-dbg instead of xserver-xfree86.

I beseech you to help debug and fix the XFree86 module loader on m68k.
The static server's massive size -- especially unstripped -- is more
strongly felt on m68k boxen than on most other Debian architectures.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |    You should try building some of the
Debian GNU/Linux                   |    stuff in main that is
branden@debian.org                 |    modern...turning on -Wall is like
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |    turning on the pain. -- James Troup

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