Author: dj
Date: 2006-03-12 22:44:26 -0700 (Sun, 12 Mar 2006)
New Revision: 5718
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xfree86.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg7.xml
Log:
Changes to Xorg7 and fontpath changes for xfree and xorg6
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2006-03-10 04:20:45 UTC (rev 5717)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2006-03-13 05:44:26 UTC (rev 5718)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!ENTITY day "09"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day "13"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY month "03"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY year "2006">
<!ENTITY version "svn-&year;&month;&day;">
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-03-10 04:20:45 UTC
(rev 5717)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-03-13 05:44:26 UTC
(rev 5718)
@@ -41,6 +41,21 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>March 13th, 2006</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[dj] - Removed font path comments and defines from Xorg and
+ XFree86 host.def files.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[dj] - Fixed typos, clarified library installation, added
+ pkg-config note, and added return notes for data packages and luit
+ to Xorg-7 instructions.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>March 9th, 2006</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xfree86.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xfree86.xml 2006-03-10 04:20:45 UTC (rev 5717)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xfree86.xml 2006-03-13 05:44:26 UTC (rev 5718)
@@ -309,14 +309,6 @@
#define HasLibpng YES
#define HasZlib YES
-/*
- * Comment out the following define if you would prefer to install the
- * fonts into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts. /usr/share/fonts is in
- * fontconfig's default font search path.
- */
-
-#define FontDir /usr/share/fonts
-
/* INTERNATIONAL FONTS. Change to YES if you need any of them. These
* are the defaults. **************************************************/
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg.xml 2006-03-10 04:20:45 UTC (rev 5717)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg.xml 2006-03-13 05:44:26 UTC (rev 5718)
@@ -294,14 +294,6 @@
#define HasZlib YES
/*
- * Comment out the following define if you would prefer to install the
- * fonts into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts. /usr/share/fonts is in
- * fontconfig's default font search path.
- */
-
-#define FontDir /usr/share/fonts
-
-/*
* Which drivers to build. When building a static server, each of
* these will be included in it. When building the loadable server
* each of these modules will be built.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg7.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg7.xml 2006-03-10 04:20:45 UTC (rev 5717)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/xorg7.xml 2006-03-13 05:44:26 UTC (rev 5718)
@@ -49,12 +49,13 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/>.</para>
- <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Download and Installation
Instructions</bridgehead>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Download and Installation
+ Instructions</bridgehead>
<para>With the modular build system, it is no longer possible to download
- the entire package in a single file. In fact, there may be as many as 200
- files that need to be fetched from the download location. To assist with
- such a large task, it is strongly recommended to install
+ the entire package in a single file. In fact, there may be as many as
+ 280 files that need to be fetched from the download location. To assist
+ with such a large task, it is strongly recommended to install
<xref linkend="wget"/> for downloading the needed files. A complete
<application>wget</application> script is available for each section at
<ulink
@@ -65,11 +66,25 @@
first. Take a look at<ulink
url="http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-modular/2005-November/000801.html";>
this thread</ulink> to get an idea of what you will need. If you are
- unsure, simply install all packages at the cost of extra diskspace.</para>
+ unsure, you should install all packages at the cost of extra
+ disk space.</para>
+ <note><para>The installed size of <application>Xorg</application> can
+ be reduced considerably by installing only the packages that you will
+ need and use. However, the BLFS book cannot account for all dependencies
+ and build options for individual <application>Xorg</application>
+ packages. The instructions assume that all packages have been built
+ from a particular group unless otherwise noted. A
+ <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg-7.0.0";>
+ wiki</ulink> page containing dependency information, for users who wish
+ to cut down on the installed size of <application>Xorg</application>, is
+ under development. You are encouraged to add to these
+ pages if you discover additional information that may be helpful to
+ other users.</para></note>
+
<para>Additionally, because of the large number of repetitive commands,
- you are encouraged to script the build. For most sections, you can use
- the following commands to compile and install all packages in your build
+ you are encouraged to script the build. For most sections, you can use
+ the following commands to compile and install all packages in your build
directory:</para>
<screen>for package in *.tar.bz2
@@ -97,19 +112,19 @@
<screen><userinput>mkdir xc &&
cd xc</userinput></screen>
- <para>As with previous releases of the X Windows System, it may be
+ <para>As with previous releases of the X Window System, it may be
desirable to install <application>Xorg</application> into an alternate
prefix. This is no longer common practice among linux distributions.
The common installation prefix for <application>Xorg</application> on
- linux is <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>. There is no standard
- alternate prefix, nor is there any exception in the current revision of
- the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard for Release 7 of the X Windows System.
- Alan Coopersmith of Sun Microsystems, has recently stated
- "At Sun, we were using <filename class="directory">/usr/X11</filename> and
- plan to stick with it." Only the
- <filename class="directory">/opt/*</filename> prefix or the
- <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> prefix adhere to the current
- FHS guidelines.</para>
+ linux is <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>. There is no
+ standard alternate prefix, nor is there any exception in the current
+ revision of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard for Release 7 of the X
+ Window System. Alan Coopersmith of Sun Microsystems, has recently
+ stated "At Sun, we were using
+ <filename class="directory">/usr/X11</filename> and plan to stick with
+ it." Only the <filename class="directory">/opt/*</filename> prefix or
+ the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> prefix adhere to the
+ current FHS guidelines.</para>
<para>Choose your installation prefix, and set the
<parameter>XORG_PREFIX</parameter> variable with the following
@@ -123,6 +138,11 @@
<screen><userinput>export XORG_CONFIG="--prefix=$XORG_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc
--localstatedir=/var"</userinput></screen>
+ <note><para>If you've decided to use an alternate prefix, be sure to
+ add an the
+ <replaceable>[/usr]</replaceable><filename
class="directory">/lib/pkgconfig</filename>
+ to your <parameter>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</parameter> variable.</para></note>
+
</sect2>
<sect2>
@@ -146,8 +166,7 @@
<para>Install the <application>Xorg</application> protocol headers
by running the following commands for each package to be
installed.</para>
-<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
-make</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG</userinput></screen>
<para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
user:</para>
@@ -235,8 +254,8 @@
<sect3>
<title>Meeting Library Dependencies</title>
- <para>These 17 libraries are a core part of the X Windows System and
- must be built in the order provided:</para>
+ <para>These 17 libraries must be built first, in the order provided,
+ to cover the dependencies of the other library packages:</para>
<screen>xtrans-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2
libXau-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2
@@ -370,8 +389,11 @@
should install the luit application after the fonts have been
installed.</para></note>
- </sect3>
+ <note><para>Remember to return to the data packages and install the
+ xcursor-themes and xkb-data packages.</para></note>
+</sect3>
+
<sect3 role="installation">
<title>Installation of luit</title>
@@ -415,7 +437,7 @@
<para>Run the following commands for each package:</para>
- <note><para>You should install encoding and font-util before all
+ <note><para>You should install encodings and font-util before all
other font packages</para></note>
@@ -426,6 +448,8 @@
<screen><userinput role="root">make install</userinput></screen>
+ <note><para>If you haven't done so, and intend to install
+ <application>luit</application>, do so now.</para></note>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@@ -640,4 +664,4 @@
</sect2>
-</sect1>
+</sect1>
\ No newline at end of file
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