On 14-04-2012 13:35, DJ Lucas wrote: > On 04/13/2012 10:30 PM, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: >> I have upgraded Xorg in five generation LFS machines. >> >> The sequence and instrucions are the same as in the book, only many versions >> change: >> >> util-macros-1.17.0 >> xorg-proto >> makedepend-1.0.4 >> libXau-1.0.7 >> libXdmcp-1.1.1 >> libpthread-stubs-0.3 >> xcb-proto-1.7 >> libxcb-1.8.1 >> xorg-lib >> xcb-util-0.3.8 >> MesaLib-8.0.2 >> xorg-app >> xcursor-themes-1.0.3 >> xorg-font >> xkeyboard-config-2.5.1 >> xorg-server-1.12.0.902 >> xorg-driver >> xterm-278 >> >> Many packages in the wget lists are from march/2012. >> >> All went well, but for the drivers, I had some that could not be built and I >> did not try to fix them to build, leaving for running X as the final test if >> I needed them or not. The failed build drivers: >> >> $ grep error sshfs/blfs/xc-10.08.2011/driver-7.6-famo.wget >> #xf86-video-apm-1.2.3.tar.bz2 # error >> #xf86-video-rendition-4.2.4.tar.bz2 # error >> #xf86-video-s3virge-1.10.4.tar.bz2 # error >> #xf86-video-sisusb-0.9.4.tar.bz2 # error >> #xf86-video-tseng-1.2.4.tar.bz2 # error >> #xf86-video-xgi-1.6.0.tar.bz2 # error >> >> Attached, the wget lists. >> > Xorg is a fairly easy update. If you really want to do an internal > version bump to 7.6-3, go ahead. I'm not sure about xorg-server-1.12.1 > (haven't looked at it), but if x.org is preparing for a distribution > version bump anyway, I'd personally just let it hang for a couple of > weeks. Issues like the drivers above, and new libx11 will be fixed by > the time a distribution release is made. > > -- DJ Lucas > >
Thanks, DJ, I agree, its fairly easy, and as is repeated many times, BLFS --> bleeding edge. Arch has already used xorg-server-1.12.0 and is now with libx11-1.4.99.901. "X.Org Wiki - Releases/7.7 X11R7.7 development is underway for release in the first half of 2012. ... x.org/wiki/Releases/7.7 ... Releases/7.7 (editada pela última vez em 2012-01-13 15:48:11 por Krzysztof''''''Żelechowski)" And thanks, Armin, On 14-04-2012 13:49, Armin K. wrote: > I have been waiting for libX11-1.5 to release to start upgrading xorg > section. Now you've proven that we really need to do it ... It should > not be that far off, rc1 was released less than month ago. I am glad to have discussed this with you all and learned, among other things, the obvious: we are all thinking about it and can keep upgrading and receive attention and expertise, if anything fails. Thanks, all posters. -- []s, Fernando -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
