Martin Kacerovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > I run potato and I've installed Xfree 4.1.and I get a dependency problem 
> > with the package libfreetype6, from which xlibs, xterm and xbase-client 
> > depend. I downloades and installed this package. Then it appears that this 
> > package depends on libc>=2.2. which I downlooaded too because it's not 
> > included in the potato CDs. When I try to install this package other 
> > conflict and dependency problems occur, so I wonder if it will become a 
> > never ending chain.
> > 
> > I've thought about upgrading to Woody to get rid of those dependency 
> > problems, but I would prefer to stay with potato as I'm still novice in 
> > debian and in linux.
> > 
> > What do you suggest me to do? Are potato and Xfree 4.1 really compatible?
> > 
> > Marcel
> > 
> Hi Marcel,
> XFree 4 and Potato aren't compatible because it needs new libc6 (it is the 
> main thing in each debian distribution i think)
> so if you attempt to upgrade the libc6 you must use testing version so in 
> this moment you are destructing the stable
> base of potato distribution (mail me anybody if i am wrong) ( and libc6 isn't 
> the only thing X4 needs .... ;) )
> i had the same problem that's why i've upgraded to woody and that's my advice 
> to you
> 
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Take a look at http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/
Using these debs it should be possible to make XFree 4.1 work on potato.

-- 
Harald Iwe

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