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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 01:04:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
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Subject: Re: ELF X11
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On Sun, 27 Sep 1998, Narvi wrote:

> Has anyone built say the XF86-3.3.2 package and put it up for general
> access or is willing to so?
> 
> The main problem is that one cannot build X programs on an ELF system
> before having ELF X libraries. And X distributed with 19980623-BETA is
> still a.out.

The XFree86 port has been ELFed and it appears to work okay - using it on
my -CURRENT crash box.  I can't build KDE though to really hammer it.  I
hate twm :(

At least x11amp works :)

Doug White                               
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