On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 04:09:21AM +0100, Samuel Hocevar wrote: > Now that XFree 4 has made it into woody, should we compile new > packages against it ? Will XFree 3.3 disappear, or will we have two > versions of XFree in woody ? ${shlibs:Depends} will say `xlibs (>= > 4.0.1)', is this acceptable for current packages ? It will actually say "xlibs (>= 4.0.1-1)". > I have at least one package that works well under XFree 3.3 but barfs > completely on XFree4, whether compiled under X4 or X3.3. I did not > manage to have both versions installed, so it's a real PITA to debug > (remote debugging would not work, nor would Xnest-like tricks), should > we say goodbye to XFree 3 ? The XFree86 version 3 packages will stick around for a while. On i386, to provide the libc5-compat X libraries and to provide a few legacy X servers, and on alpha to provide a few legacy servers. -- G. Branden Robinson | Yesterday upon the stair, Debian GNU/Linux | I met a man who wasn't there. branden@debian.org | He wasn't there again today, http://www.debian.org/~branden/ | I think he's from the CIA.
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