Ok, I think I would like to give my 2 cents about this (and the rest
BTW).
Using XFree86 sources also destroys your RPM package managment
> and dependancy resolution mechanisms, and will also make upgrades
> to newer releases of the OS fail due to the different location
> that files are placed in between the RPM packages and the stock
> XFree86.org installation locations.
As much as I agree with the previous post from Mike (the "LONG ONE" (tm)
:-) , I find this situation with respect to original source usage a
little annoying.
I think the stock versions of anything like kernels, Xfree etc should be
usable by people who want to be on the bleeding edge without breaking
the architecture of the system. This means that Redhat or whoever
distributes them should keep the 'structure' as identical to the
original as possible. Of course, things can still break because we are
on the bleeding edge and we better know what it means. But why is Redhat
insisting on putting under Xfree86/lib file which don't belong there in
the original version ?
This is the one which makes it very difficult to switch from Redhat
version to the original. Not X supplying extra libs breaking the system
(I personally never hit that problem).
Philippe
On Sat, 2003-05-17 at 06:06, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2003, Stuart Swerdloff wrote:
>
> > Have you considered just downloading the source from XFree86.org,
> >building, and installing ?
> >
> > I did that with RH 7.2.
> >Just be really careful about blowing away your gnome-session,
> >and turning off all of the scalable font stuff (that breaks badly).
> >You should be able to find my posting on this stuff a few weeks
> >back.
> >
> > It isn't the same as doing RPM's, and I suppose backing out might
> >not be as easy (if at all possible), but it builds and installs without much
> >complaint...
>
> XFree86.org raw sources contain a large amount of bugs which are
> fixed in Red Hat (as well as other distros) packaging, and as
> such using their stock sources means you miss out on the
> important bug fixes that were either not integrated into 4.3.0,
> or came out after 4.3.0.
>
> Using XFree86 sources also destroys your RPM package managment
> and dependancy resolution mechanisms, and will also make upgrades
> to newer releases of the OS fail due to the different location
> that files are placed in between the RPM packages and the stock
> XFree86.org installation locations.
>
> You'll also likely find that XFree86 supplies libraries which
> already are a part of the OS, and may cause conflicts not just
> with X, but with various software installed on the system.
> Of course, you might also not encounter these types of problems,
> but it'll be luck more than anything. ;o)
>
> So feel free to install from source, but at least know the
> caveats involved first, and please don't file bug reports in
> bugzilla when you later try to upgrade the OS and X explodes.
>
> ;o)
>
> Take care,
> TTYL
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Philippe Moutarlier <philippe.moutarlier@xxxxxxxxx>
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