From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 25 20:52:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (dhcp.looksmart.com.au [202.53.47.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E54537B422 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 20:52:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Received: from xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id f3Q3q9L30927; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:52:10 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Message-Id: <200104260352.f3Q3q9L30927@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Mark Sergeant" To: "Drew Derbyshire" Cc: Subject: Re: Building /usr/X11R6/bin/ X-Mailer: Pronto v2.2.5 On freebsd/mysql Date: 25 Apr 2001 22:52:05 EST Reply-To: "Mark Sergeant" 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> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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- :: :: :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :: with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message :: :: -- Mark Sergeant Unix Systems Administrator Fortune follows... Welcome thy neighbor into thy fallout shelter. He'll come in handy if you run out of food. -- Dean McLaughlin. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message