On Sunday 10 October 2004 17:45, Felix Kühling wrote: > On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 22:01:30 +0200 David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > > They are forwards compatible but not backwards compatible. 4.4 modules > > > will work on 6.8, but 6.8 modules won't work on 4.4. So yes, we need > > > to build an Xorg server snapshot. > > > > > > - ajax > > > > I don't want to reinstall my whole box every year, so I must find a way > > to test current snapshots on XFree86 or give up with testing. > > The new snapshots instructions (Xorg binary, etc...) are giving me this: > > Adam, can you comment this? How much besides the Xorg server binary is > needed in order to get this working? Is it realistic to make Xorg work > in a XFree86 installation with only a few binary replacements? How soon > is any such thing going to break again? > > Looks like we also need libextmod and libxtt. And the unresolved symbols > in the savage driver module look like it requires some newer libxaa and > libfb modules than the XFree86 ones. Anything else? I guess we could add > any new xorg modules to the common snapshots.
The server binary and all of ${PROJECTROOT}/lib/modules should be sufficient.
Note that that's pretty much equivalent to upgrading to Xorg.
- ajax
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