On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 07:47:12PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > >On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 01:34:01PM -0700, Paul Rogers wrote: > >> > >>One could also mention Modular XOrg I think. > >> > > > >I don't follow that - sure, the packages are probably not on anduin, > >and certainly not in the main wget list, but the Xorg downloads are > >almost always available from upstream (i.e. barring temporary disk > >failures). Anyway, many of the Xorg "applications" and most of the > >fonts are unnecessary on a modern desktop. > > Which files are you discussing Ken? All the Xorg files are on anduin. >
No idea ;-) I assumed that Paul had found something not on anduin (from his phrase above) - certainly, I am not aware of any part of Xorg which downloads files while a package is being built (i.e. what we were discussing), but I assumed he was using the scripts in the book and had failed to find the (versioned) packages at anduin. ĸen -- This one goes up to eleven: but only on a clear day, with the wind in the right direction. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
