Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:33:54 -0800 From: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com> To: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD Ports List <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which XFREE86_VERSION is bento supposed to building against? Message-ID: <20020207143354.E438@johncoop.MSHOME> In-Reply-To: <20020207222058.GA50807@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>; from alane@geeksrus.net on Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 14:20:58 -0800 References: <20020207220214.GA50465@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20020207141333.C438@johncoop.MSHOME> <20020207222058.GA50807@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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On 2002.02.07 14:20 Alan Eldridge wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 02:13:33PM -0800, John Merryweather Cooper
> wrote:
> >
> >On 2002.02.07 14:02 Alan Eldridge wrote:
> >>I understand that the packages for release were built against
> XF86-3.
> >>Which version does Bento use for its builds?
>
> >XFree86-3, but it doesn't matter because 3 and 4 are still ABI
> >compatible. Unless you use modules present only on 4 . . .
>
> Ahh, but it *does* matter. Xpm is included in 4. You have to use
> graphics/xpm
> port with 3. This means packages like emacs, kde, etc, if installed on
> top of
> XF86-4, will trash the Xpm headers and libraries (quietly).
>
Yet another reason NOT to use the XFree86-4 mega-port. This problem
does not arise if you build XFree86-4 from it's pieces. :)
> There may be other cases, but I just fscked by this one.
>
> I think we need a way of selectively installing things at pkg_add
> time. Urk.
>
> --
> Alan Eldridge
> "Dave's not here, man."
>
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