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Michèl Alexandre Salim wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> With packages compiled against XFree 3.3.6, if I am
> running XFree 4.0.2, will I have to keep 3.3.6 around
> for compatibility purposes? Will installing just the
> base package works, and does XF 4 just loooks for
> XF86Config-4 as opposed to XF86Config for its config
> file?

I found that if you build from ports, it will be no problem, as it looks
for specific files with XFree86-4.0.2 include. But if you install from
packages they look for the specific XFree86-3.3.6 package.


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