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Date:      Thu, 7 Feb 2002 17:36:04 -0500
From:      Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net>
To:        John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports List <ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Which XFREE86_VERSION is bento supposed to building against?
Message-ID:  <20020207223604.GA51132@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020207143354.E438@johncoop.MSHOME>
References:  <20020207220214.GA50465@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20020207141333.C438@johncoop.MSHOME> <20020207222058.GA50807@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20020207143354.E438@johncoop.MSHOME>

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On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 02:33:54PM -0800, John Merryweather Cooper wrote:
>
>On 2002.02.07 14:20 Alan Eldridge wrote:
>>On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 02:13:33PM -0800, John Merryweather Cooper
>>wrote:
>>Ahh, but it *does* matter. Xpm is included in 4. You have to use
>>graphics/xpm
>>port with 3. This means packages like emacs, kde, etc, if installed on
>>top of
>>XF86-4, will trash the Xpm headers and libraries (quietly).

>Yet another reason NOT to use the XFree86-4 mega-port.  This problem 
>does not arise if you build XFree86-4 from it's pieces.  :)

Umm, xpm will trash the files installed by XF86-clients and XF86-libraries
just as well. (I'm on your side re the megaport. It's just that the megaport
has nothing to do with issue. It's package dependencies that are the problem
here.)

-- 
Alan Eldridge
"Dave's not here, man."

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