Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One area that appears to be severely lacking for the 'new' developer is > > guidance on how to set up the host.def file properly so that you can > > build XFree86 successfully on your system. The default xf86site.def is a > > good start, but it doesn't really explain things since everything is > > essentially commented out. You don't really know what stuff you *should* > > define to get a standard build on different systems. > > > > Perhaps a good start would be to have a directory with sample host.def > > files in it, especially a good 'default' file that can be used to build a > > complete XFree86 system on Linux and FreeBSD for instance. That is where > > a lot of developers could really use a default they can just copy to > > host.def and then do a 'make World'. > > The xf86site.def IS the sample host.def. You don't need the > host.def. It merely overrides the xf86site.def and provides a way > to edit a file that doesn't get clobbered by CVS. If 'make World' > doesn't just build without any editing at all, that is a bug.
Well if you don't actually need a host.def file, then that needs to be *much* more clearly explained in the build documentation. I just went through all that a month or so ago and I was sure I needed to edit the host.def file as necessary for my systems. I know now I need to edit it to enable debugging etc, but it was not clear to me that I could just do a 'make World' without having to deal with a custom host.def file! Regards, --- Kendall Bennett Chief Executive Officer SciTech Software, Inc. Phone: (530) 894 8400 http://www.scitechsoft.com ~ SciTech SNAP - The future of device driver technology! ~ _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
