> 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.
"What I meant was" given Modular XOrg allows various packages to be updated independently, at any particular point in time the upstream package list may well be different than as in the BLFS book. The way some sites manage their sources, purging older versions, or may choose to, maybe the set in the book will be available or maybe not. In part because I'm always "behind", I've had trouble in the past finding the right versions of packages. Newer updates may also be incompatible with what's in the book. It happens. Where as, if the package complement given in the book is captured and preserved, then the book always works. I like that. -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.com - Same, same, but different... -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
