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/dev/null <null@dnswatch.com> wrote:

>>> - I wanted to use XFree86-4 and building it on my own and figuring out
>>> the
>>> library mess later is not an option.
>>
>> We still have the XFree86-4 port, and AFAIK it still works (everything
>> else
>> is a bug). You just have to set a variable in make.conf to make it the
>> default.
>
> Isn't this and most of the rest of what you mention here always mentioned
> in: /usr/src/UPDATING and /usr/ports/UPDATING which, in turn, is mentioned
> in many places in the (online)handbook?

The UPDATING content isn't mentioned in the handbook AFAIK, but yes, the
switch to the other X11 implementation is mentioned in UPDATING and I think
it's mentioned in the handbook.

Bye,
Alexander.

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