Re: Linux vs Windows
On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 04:51:19PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 16:19, Frank Gevaerts wrote:
> > On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 01:22:16PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 11:07, David Z Maze wrote:
> > > > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
> [snip]
> > > Still, if you do "apt-cache show fvwm", you'll see that it depends
> > > on "xlibs (>> 4.1.0)". Maybe my understanding of Debian is all wrong,
> > > but that tells me that if fvwm & XFree are on the same box, and you're
> > > using apt-get/dpkg to manage the software, it will balk if you try
> > > to install pre-compiled fvwm against pre-compiled XFree 3.3.6
> >
> > xlibs is client-side. It doesn't care what version the X server is (and
> > vice versa).
>
> Ok, I'm obviously confused.
>
> $ apt-cache show xlibs | grep ^Depends
> Depends: xfree86-common (>> 4.2), libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libfreetype6 (>=
> 2.1.3-5)
>
> In sarge, package xlibs depends on package xfree86-common above
> version 4.2.
>
> So, on a standalone Linux box, how can a box running sarge (a modern
> distribution) use XFree 3.3.6 without *lots* of recompilation?
There is an xfree86-common-v3 package for the older xserver
It does work. I am running a 3.3.6 xserver on a sid machine with an s3
card that behaves strangely with 4.x
Frank
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