Re: Using xorg instead of XFree86

From: Axel S. Gruner (axel.gruner_at_suedfactoring.de)
Date: 06/30/04

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    To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:50:46 +0200

    Hi Matthew,

    On Wednesday 30 June 2004 13:06, Matthew Seaman wrote:
    > Probably. It seems that most of the Linux distros have switched or
    > are switching to it, and the Unix vendors like Sun always were behind
    > X.Org anyway.
    > There is has been a discussion on the x11 and docs mailing lists
    > covering all of the whys and wherefores. A good place to start is
    > here:
    > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200406051411.04259.linimon

    thanks for your quick answer and that link.

    > Eventually something like what you propose will be added to
    > bsd.port.mk or whichever makefile is appropriate. Until then, you're
    > going to have to maintain your patches in parallel to the ordinary
    > development of the ports tree.
    > On the whole though, you can get by without fiddling in the makefiles
    > if you're prepared to run pkgdb(1) to fix up the dependencies after
    > the fact.
    > The X.Org stuff is still considered experimental at the moment. As
    > more and more people start to use it and it gets well debugged, the
    > ports infrastructure around it will be improved.

    Ok, fine. XFree86 is still fine for most of the users out there (and
    just a few of them looking at stuff like "licenses"...).
    So, i can live with a "pkgdb -F", or a temporary change of bsd.port.mk.
    Well, a second one, like a "bsd.port.mk.xorg" in the tree (which is
    also up-to date) would be also nice, renaming that one after a cvsup
    would made it a lot easier for the moment.

    Cheers,

    asg
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