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Re: BYOX (Build Your Own X) - again



Stuart Ballard wrote:
> 
> Stuart Ballard wrote:
> >
> > What I did was as follows (from memory - I may have a filename or two
> > wrong, as I'm not at the relevant machine right now. Later this evening
> > I can post a full log):
> >
> > # apt-get build-dep xserver-xfree86
> > # apt-get source xserver-xfree86
> > # cvs -r xf-4_0_99_1 co xc
> > # tar zcvf xfree86-4.0.99.1.tar.gz xc
> > # cd xfree86-4.0.2
> > # mv upstream/archives/xfree*.tar.gz ..
> (new step here - this patch fails to apply cleanly)
> # mv debian/patches/400_alpha_support.diff ..
> > # mv ../xfree86-4.0.99.1.tar.gz upstream/archives
> > # vi debian/scripts/patch.apply
> > (comment out the "exit 1" line - some patches are bound to fail with a
> > new version of the upstream source)
> > # vi debian/changelog
> > (add a new line for 4.0.99.1-0local1 by myself)
> > # debian/rules binary-xserver
> > (because I only care about the server)
> 
> The build now proceeds for quite a while and eventually dies with an
> error about not being able to find -lXext. I notice that libXext is in
> the xlibs and xlibs-dev packages, which presumably are built from the
> same source tree as I'm working with now, so I shouldn't need to have
> them installed. Any tips on what I'm doing wrong? Do I need the
> xlibs/xlibs-dev packages installed anyway?

Probably. Those things can happen when building from CVS. ;)


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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)    \   Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast   \        XFree86 and DRI project member



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