On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 12:09:59PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > When i build XF4, i install it into /usr/X11R6.4, and patch it so that it uses > /etc/X11/XF86Config.4 instead of /etc/X11/XF86Config.4. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Interesting distinction there. [...] > Why don't use a similar trick with the debian package, at least during the > phase where the xf4 debian package are still flagged _dangerous_ this way you > can test it, and not jeopardize your debian XF3.x install ? Because it doesn't achieve what I need. The point is not to get some kludge on people's systems. The point is to find out what DOES break, what DOES get overwritten, what package conflicts need to be declared so that our users *CAN UPGRADE* from 3.3.6 and not end up with two entire installations of the X Window System. For instance, your approach would not have revealed the app-defaults problem. It would simply have postponed the frustration of discovering it. My approach front-loads the problems, so that we actually have real Debian packages available for people sooner. A Debian package is not a .tar.gz file. Debian packages are upgradeable in place. If people just want 4.0.1 on their system ASAP, they are free to download the binary tarfiles from XFree86, or compile it from source themselves. > diff -u xc.orig/config/cf/xfree86.cf xc/config/cf/xfree86.cf > --- xc.orig/config/cf/xfree86.cf Mon Apr 10 18:35:34 2000 > +++ xc/config/cf/xfree86.cf Mon Apr 10 19:42:31 2000 > @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ > */ > > #ifndef XConfigFile > -#define XConfigFile XF86Config > +#define XConfigFile XF86Config.4 > #endif > #ifndef XConfigDir > #define XConfigDir $(LIBDIR) This change is not necessary; please review XF86Config(5). -- G. Branden Robinson | The only way to get rid of a temptation Debian GNU/Linux | is to yield to it. branden@debian.org | -- Oscar Wilde http://www.debian.org/~branden/ |
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