On Mon, Sep 21, 1998 at 10:18:23PM -0400, Damir J. Naden wrote: > Hi, everybody -- > > has anbody tried to install the precompiled binary for xfsft (not xfstt) that > is available from this site: > http://www.darmstadt.gmd.de/~pommnitz/xfsft.html I have NOT tried it (as the xfstt maintainer for debian maybe I am biased? :> ) anyway... have you downloaded it? is it glibc or libc5? If it is compiled for linux it SHOULD work (of course there are always those situations where things are setup or compiled weird)... I see NO reason why it wouldn't work. > I'd like to know if it is possible to just copy that font server over the > regular one debian uses (part of xbase, I believe)? > Comments welcome... That would be bad The ONLY things AFAIK that dpkg and debina policy garauntees will NOT be destroyed without your permission are "conffiles" binary executables are NOT conffiles... so the next tim,e you install xbase it will write over xfs..whgether it is new or not. Just put it in /usr/local/bin and it will be safe there... copy the xfs file from /etc/init.d to xfsft and edit it to use your new binary (and disable the xfs one) then use update-rc.d xfsft defaults to install the sym links and bring it up on boot...beyond that just configure its fonts et al. Note: I have never used xfsft, but I have used xfstt and xfs ...both work well enough for my needs. > I know it is easier to use xfstt, but I like the idea of running a single > server better. well whatever floats your boat :) The real reason I packaged xfstt and not xfsft originally was that it is based so tightly on XF86 source...I would have had to split out the source tree for xfs myself...thats a pain (esp if xfsft gets a patch...or if xfs gets a differnt fix/patch)... Not to mention xbase has xfs built in...it was a mess,.... maybe once X is broken up a bit (a goal of the X Strike Force ) it will be easier to package xfsft -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <sjc@delphi.com> --- <sjc@debian.org>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux"
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