Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 03:59:13 +1000 From: Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au> To: Ian <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: XFree86-4-libraries wont build (fixed) Message-ID: <3CD96771.1090307@quake.com.au> References: <B8FEB396.CC76%freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>
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Ian wrote: > > I can understand that fixing the XFree86-4 build problem when version 3 is > installed could be anything from "very hard" to "there's just no way to get > there from here". But in that case, a workaround in lieu of a fix may be in > order: have the makefile check for the existance of a v3 /usr/X11R6 > directory and spit out a useful "whine and die" message about how that can > create problems. Maybe it could spit out a url to a FAQ about it, or > something. Yep even a simple message when you type make that says "WARNING: this may fail to build if you have XFree86 3.x installed!!!" I was sitting around wondering why the damn thing wouldnt make and really it gave me no clues... If there was something like that I would of given 3.x a nice rm -rf as soon as I ran into problems ;) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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