Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 11:23:30 +0200 From: Dejan Lesjak <dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 Message-ID: <200606051123.30711.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> In-Reply-To: <4483F479.2020100@netspace.net.au> References: <4483F479.2020100@netspace.net.au>
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On Monday 05 June 2006 11:08, Russell Shaw wrote: > Hi, > Most distros have switched to Xorg, but i want to use XFree86 (i'm adding > features to it). I'll migrate from Debian-sid to FreeBSD if things are > suitable. > > I find Xorg has gone backwards by creating all kinds of build dependencies > on the host environment by using Autoconf and dpkg. > > If i use XFree86, will any of the ports package dependencies complain about > not having Xorg? Packages will complain, ports shouldnt though. You need to set X_WINDOW_SYSTEM variable in make.conf (see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/x.html#XFREE86-VERSION). > Is XFree86 ports in FreeBSD up to date and maintained, or will i need to do > it myself? Well, I'm trying to maintain it, you are welcome to help though :-) There is currently patch to upgrade ports to 4.6.0 at http://people.freebsd.org/~lesi/xf46-277.diff Dejan
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