Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)

[Denis <denis.che@gmail.com>]

> I got around this block so far:  also masked >=x11-libs/libXext-1.0.5,
>>=x11-libs/libX11-1.2, in addition to libxcb 1.4.

Now I run into a bit of a problem:

libX11-1.1.5 fails when compiled :-(

I attached a build.log for this package...  Can anyone tell me if this
is fixable?  Maybe some other package needs to be downgraded?

The only reason why I am using 1.1.5 version is because libX11-1.2.*
requires libxcb-1.2 and greater and I only have 1.1.90 as the highest
before 1.4 (can I tweak the ebuild for libX11-1.2 and put xcb 1.1.90
instead of 1.2 limitation?)...

I would try libX11-1.1.4, but xorg-server-1.5.3 requires 1.1.5 and
above...  maybe I could tweak this ebuild to accept 1.1.4 and see if
that compiles?

Any constructive thoughts appreciated!  :-)