Re: Roll-your-own X packages
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 05:26:54PM -0800, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 09:02:13PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote:
> > I've recently built, and am now using, an XFree86 build from DRI CVS.
> > This greatly improves 3D performance on my card (a voodoo3).
> >
> > Of course, it's a bit annoying running X out of /usr/local, so... how
> > hard would it be to build debian packages from it? I understand that
> > sid mirror had up-to-date packages?
>
> Personally, I would love to roll my own X packages, just to get rid of
> 20mb of drivers I don't need. However, I'm sure that Branden would
> shriek if I tried.
And why would he do that? It's your box, and your time.
- Tal
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