From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 15 22:56:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA06634 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 22:56:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bandicoot.prth.tensor.pgs.com (bandicoot.prth.tensor.pgs.com [157.147.224.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA06610 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 22:56:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shocking@ariadne.prth.tensor.pgs.com) Received: from ariadne.tensor.pgs.com (ariadne [157.147.227.36]) by bandicoot.prth.tensor.pgs.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA11553; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 13:54:53 +0800 (WST) Received: from ariadne by ariadne.tensor.pgs.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA14822; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 13:55:38 +0800 Message-Id: <199809160555.NAA14822@ariadne.tensor.pgs.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Eugene M. Kim" cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: libX11.so version in bsd.port.mk In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 15 Sep 1998 21:49:37 MST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 13:55:37 +0800 From: Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hello, > > According to the bump-up-the-version rule, libX11 in my XFree86 port now > has the version of 7. Unfortunately bsd.port.mk expects libX11.so.6 if > USE_XLIB is defined (see around line 530 in bsd.port.mk) and this > renders all X11 ports unusable with the new XFree86 port. > > Shall I go back to libX11.so.6? I'm confused. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message I'd rather you didn't bump libX11's version number to 7 - the alpha xfree86 code uses 6 by default, which matches X11R*6*. Indeed, they try to keep the major.minor pair matching the release number of X. Stephen -- The views expressed above are not those of PGS Tensor. "We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the Complete Works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true." Robert Wilensky, University of California To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message