Jonnii Henttinen wrote: > > Hello again! > How about building xfree86 cvs under debian linux? Am i able to install > under different location, something like /usr/local than /usr? That way i > should be able to ensure i wouldn't blow up debians package managing system. > --jonni > You can set these in xc/config/cf/site.def: #define ProjectRoot /usr/local/X11R6 #define NothingOutsideProjectRoot YES #define EtcX11Directory ProjectRoot/etc
This will keep it out of your package managed dirs. But, there are still complications. Before running X there, you need to make sure your path goes to /usr/local/X11R6 first, and libraries need to come from there, like using LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Here's another method I use: Rename /usr/X11R6 to /usr/X11R6-4.1, then use XFree's lndir to make a symlink clone directory /usr/X11R6-4.2. Configure your new X to install there. Now, you can symlink either one to /usr/X11R6 (and maybe run ldconfig) depending on if you want to run in developer or stable mode. Hmm.. maybe one could set up run level 4 as X-cvs mode... Joe Krahn _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
