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Date:      Tue, 5 Nov 1996 22:16:30 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Subject:   Re: XFree86 3.2 now available.
Message-ID:  <199611052116.WAA26017@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199611051733.KAA06573@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Nov 5, 96 10:33:22 am"

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As Terry Lambert wrote:

> > BTW, is there some particular reason why there isn't a binary x11 port
> > in ports?
> 
> One with the misc fonts.dir fixed so the JDK will "just work"?

There's no ``fonts.dir'' fix generally applicable.

The fonts from the `misc' directory have been split among various
packages for convenience.  That's why you are _supposed_ to run a
mkfontdir after installation, and that's what the postinstall.sh
script of XFree86 3.2 does.  (Only one out of 16 or so possible
installation cases will end up with the correct fonts.dir otherwise.)

Btw., for those who haven't seen it yet, the new ``XF86Setup'' utility
looks really great!  Give it a try... hint: you need the VGA16 server
installed for it.  But it's really worth the while.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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