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Re: XFree86 3.1.2D



Stephen Early wrote:

> I think that XFree86-3.1.2D is still beta software; I'm waiting for
> another version to be released before packaging it for Debian.

Definitely.  The servers are time-bombed; this is not a good idea for a
distribution.

> I think that the only difference between 3.1.2 and 3.1.2D is in the
> servers (and maybe in the xlib and extension libraries?) - you can put
> the 3.1.2D versions of these in /usr/local/bin and things should work
> reasonably well. You don't have to uninstall all the binaries in xbase.
> 
All I installed was the server.  The libraries that came with debian-unstable
work fine.

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