Randy McMurchy wrote:
DJ Lucas wrote these words on 01/09/06 18:09 CST:
I'll put up a more recent set if anyone would like to
look at them that accounts for the issues that have been found recently.
At this point, I can't help but think that 6.9.0 is the only way to
go. Unless there is some good way to keep the building of Xorg in the
spirit of BLFS (not completely automated), I can't see any value
going to the 7.0, if 6.9.0 affords the same exact code with an
installation method we all know and trust.
Of course, we need to keep working towards the modular Xorg, but
right now, I'm not sure this first release is really ready for us.
The LiveCD notwithstanding. :-)
I'm inclined to agree at this point...but we'll see I suppose. A bunch
of minor issues still exist. There is one hardcoded reference to
/usr/X11R6 in X sources, and the same is all over Mesa sources (both are
easy enough to fix). Current linux-libc-headers have a minor bug (again
an easy fix). The default xinitrc still has xterm in it (which is not
part of the xorg distribution anymore).
I also have an issue with 'Xorg -configure'. BTW, has anyone tried
that? On my PC, it never writes the xorg.conf file, and it steals the
display. I can <ctrl>+<alt>+<bksp> and get out of it, but it never
returns my display. I can at that point, C+A+F{1,2,3,4,5,6} and 'init
6' to get a good reboot. Even with a properly configured X and twm,
C+A+B leaves the display up with the pointer and standard gray
background...of course I can C+A+F2 and continue working but it's still
there. A regular exit from twm and it exits cleanly. And I certainly
can't yet rule out the possibility of user error.
Oh as far as ed as a required dependency, grep through your configure
logs if you keep them separate.
-- DJ Lucas
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