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Date:      Fri, 1 Sep 2000 12:45:48 -0500
From:      Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Which XFree86-4 port is the correct one to use
Message-ID:  <20000901124548.A3172@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>

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Currently there are two ports of XFree86-4. One is "ports/x11/XFree86-4"
and the other is broken up into the component parts, such as
"ports/x11/XFree86-4-libraries", "ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients",
"ports/x11-servers/XFree86-4-Server", etc.

They do not use the same set of patches and have two different
maintainers. It seems that ports that use the XFREE86_VERSION=4 variable
have a dependency on XFree86-4-libraries and there are many more patches
in the XFree86-4-libraries patches subdirectory than in the XFree86-4
patches subdirectory. A quick look indicates that some of the extra
patches in the XFree86-4-libraries patches subdirectory are necessary
for the split up of the XFree86 build. Although the XFree86-4 port
contains the useful i810 patch. Also, patch-9 from XFree86-4 is not in
XFree86-4-libraries.

Is there a reason this situation has developed or should this be
rectified somehow?

Also, I noticed that the libraries build with no optimization, the
CFLAGS are left out. Is this intentional? All other parts of the build
use CFLAGS.

Thanks.

-- 
Glenn Johnson
USDA, ARS, SRRC			 Phone: (504) 286-4252
New Orleans, LA 70124		e-mail: gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov


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