Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 13:43:28 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Christopher Nehren <apeiron@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: XFree86 changes Message-ID: <20031109214328.GA99692@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20031109133822.GA40236@prophecy.dyndns.org> References: <20031109110614.B21FE16A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> <20031109133822.GA40236@prophecy.dyndns.org>
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--a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 08:38:22AM -0500, Christopher Nehren wrote: > > As part of this, I'll be converting the X Servers to use the (new, in > > some cases) shared libraries rather than each linking against static > > libraries built during the build of that server. >=20 > What about third-party drivers (like nVidia)? Will they run with these > new libraries? What about performance? And how would people deal with > building X software outside of the ports tree? Is there a test suite > available? >=20 > I don't want to make this a bike shed (though I'm afraid that it will > probably become one, unfortunately). What I know is that a functional X > is very important to a large number of users. I use FreeBSD as my > desktop system, and would hate to have to install Linux because of a > lack of a functional X. I've done it before, and it's not a pretty > experience.=20 I'm pretty sure "make X non-functional" is not on Eric's list of things to do. Kris --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/rrUAWry0BWjoQKURAvMFAJ9XmFCG+GljbtaFui/Q8vMyLrrx7wCeJEWW p+to0d5gFqEolk4HZ9N0P40= =Xywr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C--
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