On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:06 PM, DJ Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan Nicholson wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 4:24 PM, DJ Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Of what I have in my current wget files, these are not in the list of >>> the official release: >>> >>> UTILS: >>> gccmakedep-1.0.2 is not in the list >>> imake-1.0.2 is not in the list >>> lndir-1.0.1 is not in the list >>> xorg-cf-files-1.0.2 is not in the list >>> >>> APPS: >>> twm-1.0.4 is not in the list >>> xcalc-1.0.2 is not in the list >>> xclock-1.0.3 is not in the list >>> xdm-1.1.8 is not in the list >>> >>> I don't like that they are not there, but everything in the official >>> list is accounted for and all deps are accounted for using the book's >>> current build method (so far). Only issues that I've encountered >>> through the apps is that xdpyinfo and xset will use Xprint, but Xprint >>> is no longer a part of the official 7.4. >>> >> >> Adam Jackson ripped a bunch of unmaintained/obsolete stuff out of the >> full Xorg release. You can certainly still build them (they're still >> in freedesktop git and still have tarball releases), but they just >> aren't seen as being part of a modern desktop. Xprint is definitely >> gone, though. >> >> > Wonderful! xclock and twm are required for the default xorg > configuration. I guess xdm and xcalc can go. Also, bdftopcf-1.0.1 is > gone, but it is required to install the fonts! :-)
Yeah, I argued that xclock and twm should stay since that's the default xinitrc. The counter argument was "then let's remove startx", so I think this is a compromise. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
