On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 03:27:54PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > unfortunately, afaics, debian sid still uses 4.1.0. if anyone knows of > someone packaging a more recent X for debian, i'd like to know about it.
For more explanation about 4.2 and debian see here... http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200204/msg01343.html I haven't read the thread but the most amazing line from the first email... # I'm sure that with half an hour of manpage reading, a reasonably # intelligent person can learn everything he needs to produce XFree86 # 4.2 debs for himself that will work well enough I must be rock dumb... because I think he trimmed down things a bit, if you have someone point you directly at which pages are relevant and give you an overview it probably would only take a day to figure the build system out and know it well enough that you don't need to keep reading the documentation for step by step use. However there are a number of other hurdles required to package something like X which is to find it's true source, learn how to build it in the first place, and figure out how to configure for you own system. Maybe a after week a smart one could be transformed into a good for export X.deb building fiend... TTFN, Mike _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech