Re: Building package from newer upstream source?

[Stuart Ballard <sballard@netreach.net>]

Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> 
> X is big and ugly.  Mail the maintainer for guidance.
> 
> That said, if you just need the server for your card, you only need to compile
> that and drop it on the system, the rest of the packaging is independent of
> that card support.

Hmm. That sounds promising (I believe all the changes I need are only
related to the drivers for the cards I'm interested in). Do you know
where I might look for instructions on how to do this? (I get the
impression, perhaps wrongly, from your post that this is a fairly common
procedure). And do you know if it still applies in XFree 4.x where the
"server" is xserver-xfree86 and the card drivers all live inside of the
one server?

Thanks very much for the fast response! :)

Stuart.