Date: 23 Jun 2002 21:51:50 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, Will Andrews <will@csociety.org>, David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installing XFree86 package via sysinstall: need X wrapper or not? Message-ID: <xzp6609zsbt.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <3D162074.A636B067@FreeBSD.org> References: <20020621135806Z.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> <20020621134520.G68827@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020621223209.GP76002@squall.waterspout.com> <xzp4rfv3bbb.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20020622200545.GS76002@squall.waterspout.com> <20020622204229.GG53232@elvis.mu.org> <xzpheju21z0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3D152EAA.DB201738@FreeBSD.org> <xzp660a16x9.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3D162074.A636B067@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > > Or users for whom xdm isn't possible because the pam libraries in > > > -current are buggered. > > I can't recall receiving a bug report from you. > Then you have a really bad memory. :) You're one of the ones that told > me that it was "necessary" to break binay compat with 4.x for <some > silly reason> so I was SOL with the X 4.2 I downloaded from Xfree's web > site. Now, recompiling isn't even an option because X won't compile on > -current... yippee! I'm afraid you're the one with a bad memory, then - I distinctly remember explaining to you *why* you were having problems with xdm and PAM. To summarize, you were running a version of X built on -STABLE on a version of -CURRENT where the -STABLE PAM library and modules had been clobbered with a version that wouldn't coexist with -STABLE's libc. This problem has existed on -CURRENT since long before I started working on PAM, and part of my work has been to implement PAM module versioning so this problem wouldn't occur in the future. The long-term fix to allow people to upgrade painlessly from -STABLE to -CURRENT is to include -STABLE's PAM library and modules in compat4x. I've asked David to do this several times, with no success. If you still claim that "the pam libraries in -current are buggered", you're going to have to back it up with solid evidence. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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