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Date:      25 Apr 2001 22:52:05 EST
From:      "Mark Sergeant" <msergeant@snsonline.net>
To:        "Drew Derbyshire" <avatar+public@canary.kew.com>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Building /usr/X11R6/bin/
Message-ID:  <200104260352.f3Q3q9L30927@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net>
In-Reply-To: <023f01c0cdc2$0f73ca10$94cba8c0@hh.kew.com>
References:  <01c201c0cda0$b5db6650$94cba8c0@hh.kew.com> <20010425120737.D49519@guinness.osdn.com> <023f01c0cdc2$0f73ca10$94cba8c0@hh.kew.com>

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The ports don't build but if you dl the 4.02 src and then patch it with the
4.0.2 -> 4.0.3 patch ./configure && make && make install it will build and
install fine. I've done this on both 4.2-STABLE & 4.3-STABLE systems.

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:58:12 -0400, Drew Derbyshire said:

:: > make world doesn't touch X.  X is not part of the base system, it's 3rd
::  party software
::  
::  Just as an aside ...
::  
::  I'm caught off guard because it is inconsistent with other third party
::  components.  SENDMAIL and the various GNU tools are third-party as well, but
::  they go into the base system (as opposed to the /usr/local tree) using the
::  same system binary installation procedure as X binaries -- but these other
::  components are built with the base system.  X is installed from the dist
::  files (as opposed to package files) and into the base system (as opposed to
::  the /usr/local/ tree), so one can reasonably expect them to be installed in
::  a like fashion.
::  
::  But of course, it's not.  :-)
::  
::  > .  If you want to update X, use the port.
::  
::  Hmmm.  The ports aren't building.  But that's another matter....
::  
::  -ahd-
::  
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-- 
Mark Sergeant
Unix Systems Administrator

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