Max: On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Max Horn wrote:
> > > However, make sure you get a clear transition... in particular, you > >> should enabled the libgl support in xfree86-server. This in turn > >> might cause transition problems., > >> > > > >Here's how I've done it: > > > >Package: xfree86-server > >Version: 4.2.0 > >Revision: 1 > >Depends: xfree86-base > >Provides: libgl > >Conflicts: xfree86-rootless, xfree86, libgl > >Replaces: xfree86-rootless > > > >It will replace your xfreee86-rootless install if you have one, and also > >provides libgl. > > > >Does this seem reasonable? > > Did you try it and did it work? > Also, you should of course also update the -base package. Then make > the server package depend on xfree86-base (>=4.2.0). Yes, it worked for me. And I have upgraded the base package so I'll add the versioned dependency. > > > > >BTW: I've also patched in pthreads support. I sent Torrey Lyons the > >patch for this a month or so ago, and he said it was too late to make it > >into 4.2. > > Sure. Luckily, thought a lot of our patches can go away with 4.2.0 now, fine. > BTW, you saw I hope that I have already uploaded the sources some > days ago to SourceForge, i.e. you can use the same URLs as for the > current xfree86-packages (except of course replacing 410 with 420) Oh - I had already added CustomMirrors to grab the source from the appropriate xfree86.org mirror. Is there any reason for us to have our own copy ? (one of the mirrors is already sf.net). > > > >I'm testing it right now - if it behaves itself I'll commit the new > >packages to unstable by the end of the day so you can try it out. Or > >would you rather I just email you the packages so you can merge in > >whatever changes you have made? > > My only concern with adding it to unstable now is that some people > *definitly* will go and grab it immediatly. if all works out fine, > that is not a problem, but with XFree86 it's very easy to get some > annoying problems, and then we get loads of complaints. So maybe > first email it to me. OK, sure thing. > > Don't forget to change maintainer field to you, though :) > Done. -Jeff -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/CDC R/CDC1 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 325 Broadway Web : www.cdc.noaa.gov/~jsw Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-124 _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
