Re: upgrade stable -> unstabl e doesn´twork
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 06:00:12PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > > > So X402 will be in woody sometime soon (perhaps the next version) ?
> > > > > I was told that no.
> > > >
> > > > It should be as soon as m68k will build the package, don't know what
> > > > the problem is, maybe there are build problems on m68k, or maybe it
> > > > takes just time.
BTW this topic is outdated; Anthony announced yesterday that X4 is in testing
now.
> > >From what I hear, the module loader needs some m68k fixes.
> >
> > But that is upstream work, not debian ? isn't it ?
> >
> > What about making a static server binary in the meantime ?
Christian tried to build a static server, but it didn't work for some reason.
> > (Including only the driver that make sense on m68k naturally ...)
>
> Alternatively: would it be possible to hack a quick layer between the
> XFree86 module loader system and the standard dl* system we already have?
>
> XFRee86 mainly wrote their own system to work around bugs in dl* systems on
> non-Linux OSses, which is something we don't have to care about.
That's not the whole truth. The XFree86 module loader allows for platform
independence.
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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