From owner-freebsd-current Wed Sep 16 17:19:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA18892 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 17:19:22 -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 RAA18647 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 17:18:15 -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 IAA08440; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 08:17:48 +0800 (WST) Received: from ariadne by ariadne.tensor.pgs.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id IAA17149; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 08:17:18 +0800 Message-Id: <199809170017.IAA17149@ariadne.tensor.pgs.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Eugene M. Kim" cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86-3.3.2/ELF port available In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 16 Sep 1998 13:08:12 MST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 08:17:18 +0800 From: Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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 -- 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