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Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 31 May 2003 21:59:53 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 31 16:59:42 2003 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from mclean.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.57] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 19MEO4-00010a-00; Sat, 31 May 2003 16:59:40 -0500 Received: from user-119bq03.biz.mindspring.com ([66.149.232.3]) by mclean.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19MENp-0005pL-00 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sat, 31 May 2003 17:59:26 -0400 Received: from daniel by user-119bq03.biz.mindspring.com with local (Exim 4.20) id 19MENo-0007In-Cc for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sat, 31 May 2003 14:59:24 -0700 To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: xfree86v3: FTBFS with gcc-3.3: Invalid preprocessor pasting From: Daniel Schepler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 14:59:24 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: Daniel Schepler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.7 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_01,HAS_PACKAGE,WEIRD_QUOTING version=2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_05_24 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_05_24 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) Package: xfree86v3 Version: 3.3.6-44 Severity: serious >From my build log: ... gcc -c -O2 -g -Wall -I. -I../../../../../../programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/c= ommon -I../../../../../../programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support -I../../..= /../../../programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/common_hw -I../../../../../..= /programs/Xserver/cfb -I../../../../../../programs/Xserver/mfb -I../../../.= ./../../programs/Xserver/mi -I../../../../../../programs/Xser= ver/include -I../../../../../../exports/include/X11 -I../../../../../../inc= lude/fonts -I../../xaa -I../../../../../.. -I../../../../../../ex= ports/include -Dlinux -D__i386__ -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=3D199309L = -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=3D500L = -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -DSHAPE -DXINPUT -DXKB = -DLBX -DXAPPGROUP -DXCSECURITY = -DDPMSExtension -DPIXPRIV -DGC= CUSESGAS -DSTATIC_COLOR -DAVOID_GLYPHBLT -DPIXPRIV -DXFreeXDGA -DNDEBUG = -DFUNCPROTO=3D15 -DNARROWPROTO -DPSZ=3D8 -DRROP=3DGXcopy vgasolidC.c vgasolidC.c:177:45: pasting ""repe\n"" and ""stosl"" does not give a valid = preprocessing token vgasolidC.c:177:45: pasting ""repe\n"" and ""stosl"" does not give a valid = preprocessing token make[8]: *** [vgasolidC.o] Error 1 make[8]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/xfree86v3-3.3.6/build-tree/xc/progr= ams/Xserver/hw/xfree86/vga256/vga' make[7]: *** [vga] Error 2 make[7]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/xfree86v3-3.3.6/build-tree/xc/progr= ams/Xserver/hw/xfree86/vga256' make[6]: *** [all] Error 2 make[6]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/xfree86v3-3.3.6/build-tree/xc/progr= ams/Xserver/hw/xfree86' make[5]: *** [hw/xfree86] Error 2 make[5]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/xfree86v3-3.3.6/build-tree/xc/progr= ams/Xserver' make[4]: *** [all] Error 2 make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/xfree86v3-3.3.6/build-tree/xc/progr= ams' make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/xfree86v3-3.3.6/build-tree/xc' make[2]: *** [World] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/xfree86v3-3.3.6/build-tree/xc' make[1]: *** [World] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/xfree86v3-3.3.6/build-tree/xc' make: *** [debian/stampdir/build-libc6] Error 2 -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux frobnitz 2.4.21-pre5 #1 Sat Mar 1 09:01:10 PST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=3DC, LC_CTYPE=3DC --=20 Daniel Schepler "Please don't disillusion me. I [EMAIL PROTECTED] haven't had breakfast yet." -- Orson Scott Card --------------------------------------- Received: (at 195606-done) by bugs.debian.org; 12 Oct 2003 22:45:30 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 12 17:45:28 2003 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from dhcp065-026-182-085.indy.rr.com (redwald.deadbeast.net) [65.26.182.85] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1A8oxq-0004nV-00; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:45:26 -0500 Received: by redwald.deadbeast.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AF40564122; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:45:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:45:25 -0500 From: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: support for XFree86 3.x discontinued Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2O+9B+xSKalj/wdD" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=4.0 tests=none version=2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_10_09 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53-bugs.debian.org_2003_10_09 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) --2O+9B+xSKalj/wdD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Debian Project has terminated support for version XFree86 3.x of the XFree86 distribution of the X Window System. Before reading further, please note that this message refers only to version 3.x of XFree86. Support for the 4.x release series of XFree86 continues. The reasons for this decision are several: + Most hardware that was supported by the XFree86 3.x X servers is now supported by XFree86 4.x. + Much hardware that is not supported with a chipset-specific driver in XFree86 4.x can be used with the "vesa" or, at worst "vga" drivers in XFree86 4.x. Furthermore, those using the Linux kernel's framebuffer console driver have the "fbdev" driver option. + XFree86 3.x is not maintained upstream. See: http://www.xfree86.org/releaseplans.html http://www.xfree86.org/rel33x.html + Perhaps most importantly, Debian is unable to muster support for backporting security fixes to the XFree86 3.x source tree. The Debian Project cannot in clear conscience continue to distribute software that is known to have flaws. Because of the above, all outstanding reports regarding XFree86 3.x are being closed. The packages have been removed from the unstable distribution, and will not appear in the next Debian release. Most of the outstanding problems against Debian's XFree86 3.x packages should be resolved in XFree86 4.x, and I urge you to upgrade to XFree86 4.x as soon as possible if you have not already. The XFree86 X server was rearchitected for the XFree86 4.x and has at this point seen a few more years' worth of testing, debugging, and improvement. The only release of the Debian operating system currently supported is Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 ("woody"). To upgrade to XFree86 4.x on your system, install the following metapackage, which depends on most components of the XFree86 distribution you are likely to use: # apt-get install x-window-system (You may, of course, use a front-end to the Debian package management system other than "apt-get" if that is your preference.) There are only two groups of people being "left out in the cold" with termination of this support: 1) People who require versions of the X libraries linked against libc5. If you continue to require this, please file a wishlist bug against the "xfree86" package (after checking to see that no one else has already done so, of course -- I recommend the "reportbug" package and command of the same name for bug reporting). If a Debian developer can be found who is willing to support this feature, it will be added. (I myself cannot adequately support libc5 versions of the X libraries, as I do not own an x86-compatible machine on which to test such packages.) If no volunteer can be found, you may wish do so yourself; upstream does continue to support libc5 configurations, so the task should not be insuperable -- if you are interested, please join the X Strike Force. See the following URL for more information: http://people.debian.org/~branden/xsf/ 2) People whose hardware was supported (possibly with access to hardware acceleration of 2D drawing operations) under XFree86 3.x but which is not under XFree86 4.x. To determine the support status of your video hardware, identify the make and model of your video chipset (if you have a removable video card, this is not necessarily the same thing as the make and model of the video card itself). If you have a PCI video card, the command "lspci | grep VGA" should reveal this information. If you have video card that plugs into an ISA, VESA local, or other bus, the output of the XFree86 3.x X server you use is probably the best guide to identifying your chipset. Once you know the make and model of your video chipset, consult the following URLs to determine its support status in XFree86 4.x: For Debian 3.0/stable/woody: http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/Status.html For Debian testing/sarge: http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.1/Status.html For Debian unstable/sid: http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.1/Status.html For Debian experimental: http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/Status.html (XFree86 4.3.0 is planned for inclusion in the next release of Debian, but as it is not out of "experimental" yet, a pessimist would count on nothing newer than XFree86 4.2.1 being in the next release of Debian.) A) If your video chipset is not supported at all, or is not supported in a Debian archive you are willing to upgrade to (e.g., upgrading to experimental can be a risky business and in any case will require a newer version of the C library than is available than is in Debian 3.0), then you should try the "vesa" or "vga" XFree86 video drivers to see if you can achieve comparable support. If even the "vesa" or "vga" drivers do not work with your video hardware, please file a bug with the Debian Bug Tracking System against the "xserver-xfree86" package using "reportbug". Using the "reportbug" package and command will automatically include information that is often extremely useful for resolving the problem. You may also wish to file a bug with XFree86's Bugzilla bug tracking system, which was recently inaugurated. Here is the URL: http://bugs.xfree86.org/ B) If your video chipset is supported, but misbehaves, please file a bug describing the problem with the Debian Bug Tracking System against the "xserver-xfree86" package using "reportbug". Using the "reportbug" package and command will automatically include information that is often extremely useful for resolving the problem. You may also wish to file a bug with XFree86's Bugzilla bug tracking system, which was recently inaugurated. Here is the URL: http://bugs.xfree86.org/ Please do not reopen these bugs, even to reassign them. The vast majority of them are so old that even if they continue to apply to XFree86 4.x, the massive changes in the X server codebase make it extremely likely that the actual bug is somewhat different (in cause, if not in effect.) Furthermore, in Debian "testing" and later, there is an xserver-xfree86-dbg package that can often be used to identify the exact line of source code that leads to, for example, a server crash. It's better, therefore, to start from scratch with these bugs. Thanks for your patience with this long message. --=20 G. Branden Robinson | A celibate clergy is an especially Debian GNU/Linux | good idea, because it tends to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | suppress any hereditary propensity http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | toward fanaticism. -- Carl Sagan --2O+9B+xSKalj/wdD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAj+J2YQACgkQ6kxmHytGonxfHwCfZX7+SlBkAC0il8VQUMfTkpf+ zgkAoIGg7Xn39b8yh2cHvY0zdGs4b8wB =tOPL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2O+9B+xSKalj/wdD-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? 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