I got my Xorg tarballs from here: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/X11R7.4/src/ then I tweaked the build script until of got an Xorg server to build
Pat --- On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Paul Novak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to build X11R7.4 from source. > The first question is how to get the source. > > I first went to www.x.org and clicked on the "X11R7.4" link. I got a list of > new/updated modules. For example, app/bitmap_1.0.3 is a new/updated module. > > I went back to www.x.org, and under "Getting X", I clicked on "mirrors". > Under "Primary sites", I clicked on the ftp link for x.org. then X11R7.4, > then src, then app. I see a lot of tarballs, including > appres_1.0.1.tar.bz2 and bitmap_1.0.3.tar.bz2. I clicked on > appres_1.0.1.tar.bz2 and it downloaded fine. > I clicked on on "bitmap_1.0.3.tar.bz2" and found the file does the > file does not exist. > > In fact,I believe all of the files listed as new/updated modules in X11R7.4 > do > not exist in the ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.4/src/ directory structure. > > I next tried going back to www.x.org, and under "Getting X", I clicked > on "mirrors". > Under "Primary sites", I clicked on the http link for x.org, then X11R7.4, > then src, then app. In this directory, bitmap_1.0.3.tar.bz2 does not > exist at all. > > Question: > > Shouldn't all the source for X11R7.4 be in the ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.4/src > and http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.4/src directories? It appears to me that all > of the new/updated modules are missing. How is one supposed to get > all the source > required to build? > > Walt > _______________________________________________ > xorg mailing list > xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg