Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 18:10:53 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Xfree86 4.0.1 support soon? Message-ID: <14853.63245.983736.648850@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <2743107@toto.iv>
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Otter <otterr@telocity.com> types: > you could wait for it to be included, but i think you may be waiting > for awhile. 3.3.6 is quite stable. 4.0 has had some security issues > since it's release. i've got it behind another machine on a private > network, so i run it without worries. i would assume you could as well > being on a laptop. you should consider installing it from ports if you > need it that bad. why wait for a cd? =] Yup - the FreeBSD team isn't interested in maintaining XFree86, and they aren't going to make software with known root exploits part of the base install. Until the XFree team decides they're going to fix the security problems, FreeBSD is going to use 3.3.6. Since X is rather large, I'd not bet on two X distributions showing up in the release set. You might check cheapbytes and see if they have a CD of XFree86 4.0 you can use. <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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