Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:34:29 +1000 From: Russell Shaw <rjshaw@netspace.net.au> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 Message-ID: <4483FAA5.5090104@netspace.net.au> In-Reply-To: <200606051123.30711.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> References: <4483F479.2020100@netspace.net.au> <200606051123.30711.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si>
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Dejan Lesjak wrote: > 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). Hi, I read that part before. I'm unfamiliar with FreeBSD, but have been reading about it for a few hours. When you say packages will complain, will they stop when i use X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xfree86-4 and most things that rely on X will be happy? >>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 thanks
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