On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Jason Kim wrote: >I can unpack and build XFree86-4.3.0-33.src.rpm without any rpms >upgrade. ( I'm using Redhat9) > >But I can't do it with XFree86-4.3.0-36.src.rpm, even >XFree86-4.3.0-30.src.rpm. It complains with glibc version. >I'm trying to upgrade glibc with the new rawhide package, but it causes >another dependency problem... on and on and on ...... > >do I need to download every newest rawhide package to solve this >problem? No. You are trying to blindly install or blindly compile the src.rpm without reading the heavily commented spec file. The default compile target is build_cambridge (the codename for the current development), and that target contains enhancements which are conditionally compiled in just for cambridge and/or taroon, such as Jakub's libGL prelinking and TLS enhancements which require newer toolchain to work, among other things. I have went to great efforts to make the rawhide XFree86 packages recompileable on Red Hat Linux 8.0 and newer releases, and they're tested frequently. In order for someone to be successful however, they really need to be reading the RPM specfile changelog, and reading comments in the spec file. I can only make the software functional and configureable, but I can't force people to read my documentation. ;o) Hope this helps. -- Mike A. Harris _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
