Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > > > * Mesa-6.5.1, libdrm-2.0.2: Status: everybody seems to do this update on > their own, but xorg-devel archives suggest that some patches to > xorg-server-1.1.1 are needed beyond simple build fixes (and this part is not > done on the CD). So, probably not for the book. Mesa-6.5.2 is out, but > untested, and there are reports that it breaks beryl without some patches > for xorg-server. > > I can confirm the breakage with Mesa-6.5.2. There are some patches floating around, I don't have them handy though. > > * curl-7.15.5: works, but, unlike previous versions, prints a progress > message on stderr. May break custom scripts. The changelog mentions many > incompatible API changes (but none of them is hit on the CD). Not for the > book. > > I've been using this version, I havn't found any breakage with it yet. > * pciutils-2.2.4: makes other packages fail to build from source, due to > the change of the proper linker flags from -lpci to -lpci -lz. Definitely > not for the book, but I won't downgrade this package on the CD. > I've just been adding LDFLAGS="-lz" where it needs it. > * GAIM-1.5.0: the CD contains a one-line patch for compatibility with > SIM-0.9.3 (which is broken, but is still installed on many computers). > > I would almost be tempted to upgrade it to 2.0.0beta5. It has come a long way since 1.5.0. > > > > > * reiserfsprogs-3.6.19: fails to build with LFS SVN. Please install > asm/unaligned.h with linux headers in LFS. > > *Ag. Hatzimanikas* also submitted a patch a while ago, http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/patches/2006-October/003347.html > * subversion-1.4.2: I don't understand why you want to postpone the > update, despite the fact that this version is already installed on > quantum.linuxfromscratch.org. > > I upgraded from 1.4.0 to 1.4.2 yesterday. I haven't had a problem running a client or a server. > * xchat-2.6.6: builds, works. There is also xchat-2.8.0, but it requires a > nev version of GTK+ (thus, untested). > xchat-2.8.0 doesn't have any serious updates from 2.6.6. D-BUS has become required (it is no longer a plugin), xchat-remote has been removed. Gtk+-2.10 is now required. They added an icon to the notification area. Other then that, not much has really changed.
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