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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>
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Subject: Re: vicious cycle building X
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* R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> [000223 23:45] wrote:
> I want to build X from the port with XF86Setup included.  In order to do
> this, it wishes to have tk installed.
> So, I go to install tk, and it needs to have XFree86!
> How do I get around the vicious cycle?

install/compile the X package, then compile tk, then compile a new XFree.

-Alfred


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