Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 08:17:18 +0800 From: Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth <shocking@prth.pgs.com> To: "Eugene M. Kim" <gene@nttlabs.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86-3.3.2/ELF port available Message-ID: <199809170017.IAA17149@ariadne.tensor.pgs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Sep 1998 13:08:12 MST." <Pine.BSF.4.02.9809161236110.8923-100000@seera.nttlabs.com>
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> Known problems on an ELF platform:
>
> 1. Because the X11 shared library version is now 7 (according to the ELF
> port-porting rules) but USE_XLIB port feature expects libX11.so.6, all
> X11 ports which use USE_XLIB port feature are broken. This can be
> temporary fixed by editing /usr/share/mk/bsd.port.mk around line 530 so
> that X11.7 is added to LIB_DEPENDS instead of X11.6.
Noooooo..... Please make an exception to the bumping of the major
number rule in this case - the X people try to make the Major number track the
release number of X. For people developing the alpha X code, this will be a
royal pain in the rear.
Stephen
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