On Wednesday 15 October 2003 00:59, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:44:02 +0200, > Nicos Gollan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > Doing this yourself is generally unnecessary. > > ..hush, we can use every new developer. ;-)
Everyone working on and packaging X has my deepest respect if that helps. :-) However, that doesn't mean that I can recommend it to anyone; it's such a convoluted thing. Some time back, I was playing with the R200 DRI drivers and recompiled the whole mess on a regular basis. It was always a tedious procedure, including removing one line from a Wacom tablet driver that made the compiler throw up for unknown reasons. Every once in a while, apt thought it just had to "update" X (from 4.2 to some early 4.1 at that time), so I had to move the "normal" X directory back, have apt do its work and then move that chunk out of the way again. No fun, but I had accelerated 3D. Just thinking about hacking that monster in different parts like xlibs, xserver etc. makes me shudder. Is there a "mental state" of the X maintainers somewhere? :-P -- Got Backup? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
