Date: Fri, 20 Oct 95 00:27:53 +0100 From: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> To: ache@astral.msk.su Cc: asami@cs.berkeley.edu, dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org, rich@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X distribution Message-ID: <9510192327.AA12071@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> In-Reply-To: <foqwdXmuQ1@ache.dialup.demos.ru>
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>>>>> aka Andrey A Chernov, Black Mage writes: > In message <199510190541.WAA02419@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> Satoshi > Asami writes: >> Gosh, so many mails on this topic, but I'll reply to this one. >> * >If it is distributed as the standard source + patches which get applied >> * >at build time, then fine. I'm not really worried about the run-time set. >> * >> * Yes, it is distributed as standard tarred source and my patch applied >> * even at install time. But it is distributed as ready-to-run FreeBSD >> * binaries set too with my patch imbedded. >> This is not correct. As far as I know, Rich Murphey (who is getting >> this mail via CC:), who is responsible for building XFree86 binaries >> for the releases, is not using /usr/ports/x11/XFree86. The latter was >> invented and maintained by Jean-Marc Zucconi. > ??? Oops! Really weird. Why we need two building systems instead of one? > BTW, is it correct in part that sources distributed in unmodified > way or not? I remember I saw standard XFree gzipped tarballs into > 2.0.5 CD. There are not two building systems. XFree86 provide binaries and READMEs telling how to rebuild the system from sources and patches. The XFree 'port' is a translation of this in a makefile >> In particular, if you build from the one in ports, you won't get many >> of the programs on the contrib tape (most notably xload and xeyes). > It means that contrib tape must be fetched and included to > XFree86 ports too. Jean-Marc, what do you say? Not all programs of the contrib tape are part of the XFree86 distribution, only a subset. I did not include them on the XFree port because 1) I am lazy 2) most of them are useless (IMO) >> I'm not sure what I should do on this, can you (Andrey) check with >> Rich and Jean-Marc and make sure we are all in sync? Or you guys >> (Rich and Jean-Marc) can just reply to this mail. > I think the real way to be in sync is maintain XFree86 port > properly and maybe add all missing parts to XFree86 port. > Rich, do you got my locale.alias patch or I need to resend? > -- > Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, > ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - > http://dt.demos.su/~ache : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. > RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849 _____________________________________________________________________________ Jean-Marc Zucconi Observatoire de Besancon F 25010 Besancon cedex PGP Key: finger jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr =============================================================================
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