From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19420 invoked from network); 14 May 2004 15:45:57 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (128.193.0.39) by eagle.gentoo.oregonstate.edu with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 14 May 2004 15:45:57 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([128.193.0.34] helo=eagle.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BOesn-00015b-9C for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 14 May 2004 15:45:57 +0000 Received: (qmail 1089 invoked by uid 50004); 14 May 2004 15:45:57 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 9694 invoked from network); 14 May 2004 15:45:56 +0000 Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 15:18:07 +0000 (UTC) From: Ferris McCormick X-X-Sender: fmccor@lacewing.inforead.com To: Chris Gianelloni cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1084548064.23934.128.camel@localhost> Message-ID: References: <1084537866.23936.44.camel@localhost> <1084542037.23934.54.camel@localhost> <1084548064.23934.128.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Question about xfree86-4.3.0-r6 X-Archives-Salt: 0c953891-bdee-49cd-8e21-dede2f798cf1 X-Archives-Hash: 43b00b4628ff77568b989629533b9826 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 14 May 2004, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 09:49, Ferris McCormick wrote: > > I am guessing here; I don't know why it's hard masked. I suggest you look > > at the ChangeLog and address the question to spyderous. > > I don't see much in the ChangeLog to give any hints. The listing in > package.mask is: > # 21 May, 2003 > # Masked while it's still under development. I need revision control on > the > # thing, which is why it's in portage at all. Do NOT install this. > # 30 May, 2003 : Seems that xterm is in its own separate package as > well, so > # taking that out of -r3. Added utempter, (dep for xterm to not install > # suid) > =x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r6 Those notes are about a year old, and xfree-4.3.0-r6 needs neither a separate xterm nor utempter. On the other hand, xorg-x11 does need those packages. I think that by xfree-4.3.0-r5, xfree-4.3.0-r5,-r6 are pretty much the same except for the font paths. But again, don't take my word for it. :) > I guess I would just like to see us using common font locations across > our 2 major X builds. > No one would dispute that. And so far as I can tell, the way of the future for this is /usr/share/... Try lobbying spyderous et. al. to shake loose -r6? (I expect (or hope) that xfree is not much longer with us, but that's because xorg-x11 seems cleaner on sparc, and that's where I live.) > > > Actually, I am working with a tool to create working X configurations. > Currently, it works with xfree, but not xorg-x11. To get it to work > with xorg-x11 (and eventually allow us to transition that way), the > fonts need to be in the same place. > Keep us in mind; I just tried to point someone with the question "what does an XF86Config for Creator (sparc graphic card) look like?" toward a working configuration. With what success I cannot say. > > I don't know what architectures interest you, but sparc is not likely > > to be high on your list :) > > I don't know much about it, but I'll be learning much more that I > started my new position, since we have a decent amount of sparc > machines. > > Have fun with them > -- > Chris Gianelloni > Developer, Gentoo Linux > Games Team > > Is your power animal a penguin? > Regards, - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFApOMyQa6M3+I///cRAtlXAKCJL9NgfxrKo+zUkZ1rW9p2dsQ2TgCgqHRQ y0q21QmJqzjv9jhOlfTjUpA= =YfNH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list