At 08:42 -0700 4/24/09, Bruce Johnson wrote: >On Apr 24, 2009, at 6:23 AM, George R.Hozendorf wrote: > >> Just tried to install X11-2.3.3. Was told I needed 10.5.7. Software >> Update says I'm up to date. What gives? >> > >Apple's current version of X11 is 2.1.5 unless they're hiding the >update very well on Apple's site. > >Where are you finding this? >
At 13:55 -0700 4/23/09, Jeremy Huddleston wrote: >List-Id: X11 for Mac OS X discussion list <x11-users.lists.apple.com> >List-Archive: <http://lists.apple.com/pipermail/x11-users> >List-Post: <mailto:[email protected]> >List-Subscribe: <http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/x11-users>, > >I strongly recommend that if you have been using updates from >http://xquartz.macosforge.org , you install the 2.3.3 release after updating >to 10.5.7 (see my previous email). > >Now, for those interested, I'd like to summarize the changes that went into >10.5.7. > >The X11 server in 10.5.7 is very similar to what is shipped in 2.3.2.1. >2.3.2.1 shipped xorg-server-1.4.2-apple31, 10.5.7 uses >xorg-server-1.4.2-apple33 plus the capslock fix. > >libGL is still the "old" libGL based off of mesa during the xfree86 era with >some fixes along the way. > >Xplugin was updated to address some memory leaks and add API needed by this >server update. > >quartz-wm was updated to almost what was shipped in 2.3.3. The only >difference between the 10.5.7 version and the 2.3.3 version is that 10.5.7's >doesn't call the new XAppleWMSendPSN() function in libAppleWM. For most of >you, this will mean nothing. For those of you running more than one server >at a time, this means that 10.5.7 still has the "sometimes clicking on the >minimized dock icon doesn't raise a window" bug. > >The rest of the client side was updated only where necessary to satisfy a >dependency (pixman I believe was updated for the server), fix build issues >(Xrandr, Xdamage), or address security issues (freetype, libpng... you know, >the regular offenders). > >If you have any specific questions about what is in the update, feel free to >ask or just look yourself: >http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.5.7/ > >Note that the link doesn't seem to be active yet, but it should be valid in >the next few days. -- --> From the U S of A, the only socialist country that refuses to admit it. <-- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
