Re: xfree 3.9.16 ...

[Mark Montague <monty@gg.caltech.edu>]

Sven LUTHER <luther@maxime.u-strasbg.fr> writes:

> Hello, ...
> 
> i tried this week end to build a 3.9.16 debian package, using the 3.3.5 debian
> directory. I removed all the patches, set the install directory to
> /usr/X11R6.4, and it built fine, but all the create-... stuff need to be
> reworked, to install in the new directory, and also some package content where
> changed, and new packages where created.
> 
> Solving this is quite some work, and i don't have much time for it right now.
> 
> Is debian interrested in a 3.9.x serie of X server ? what would be the correct
> way to implement it ? I noticed that if you build a static server, and point
> /etc/X11/Xserver to it, it works fine. Also the dynamic server installed in
> /usr/local/X11R6.4 worked fine once i pointed Xserver to it. It would cause a
> problem in packages names (i appended xf4- to them) and compatibility between
> the two packages (i put a Provides: line to point to the 3.3.x package, is this
> right ?)
> 
> Is any one interrested in working on this with me ? Branden, what is your
> opinion on this, as official X maintainer ?

I'm generally interested in x3.9 debs, but I don't have lots of
time. I had trouble building vanilla 3.9.16b about 1.5 weeks ago, but
I haven't had time to look into it. I had tried to port some of the
patches a bit, but it was ugly enough that I decided to stick with
plain 3.9.* for now. I noticed that the 3.9.* libraries break a few
things, most of which can be worked around by using the old libs, but
the (matrox svga) server also breaks realplayer (and possibly other
things).


				- M

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