Re: xfree86 4.2.0

[Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir at technion dot ac dot il>]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 08:51:52AM +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> >On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Robert Collins wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> All that should be needed (as a starting point) for a setup.exe based
> >> distribution (if your current tarballs are rooted at / ) is to
> >> * Create a src package(s) as appropriate. You can have one for all the
> >> binaries (*)
> >> * Rename any hardcoded config files that users might change to
> >> foo.default or similar.
> >> * If you've got scripts to do post-extraction tasks, such as create
> >> desktop icons or the like, place them in /etc/postinstall/packagename.sh
> >
> >But examine them first, and decide if they can't be run earlier (while
> >creating the package). A complecated post-install script calls for
> >troubles.
> >
> >> * Create setup.hint files - one per .tar.gz|bz2/
> >> * Check with http://www.cygwin.com/setup.html to see if anything has
> >> been missed.
> >>
> >> (*) via a little trickery.
> >
> >The X server needs to be in a seperate binary package (as it is likely to
> >change). The libraries should be in a seperate package, as I might be
> >using them to run programs with a different X server.
> >
> >Further separations can probably made (separate fonts packages, separate
> >documentation packages, etc. Think of all the choices that the install
> >script gives youon what to install).
> >
> >I hope someone cares enough to take this task. Installing this bunch of
> >tarballs with the strange install script (that required me write
> >permission to the directory of the tarballs, for instance) proved to be a
> >real pain. And I'm a bit afraid of upgrading it...
>
> Why not use the current RPM layout?  This is what I have on my system right now:
>
> XFree86-Xvfb-4.0.3-1
> XFree86-doc-4.0.2-0.2
> XFree86-Xnest-4.0.3-1
> XFree86-4.0.3-1
> XFree86-libs-4.0.3-1
> XFree86-xf86cfg-4.0.3-1
> XFree86-devel-4.0.3-1
> XFree86-tools-4.0.2-0.2
> XFree86-xfs-4.0.3-1

Fonts are also in a seperate package, IIRC.

Anyway, these are the packages from Mandrake 8.1:

XFree86-100dpi-fonts
XFree86
XFree86-75dpi-fonts
XFree86-cyrillic-fonts
XFree86-devel
XFree86-doc
XFree86-glide-module
XFree86-libs
XFree86-server
XFree86-static-libs
XFree86-xfs
XFree86-Xnest
XFree86-Xvfb

(version is 4.1.0-17mdk)

But the most important is to separate the X server to another package from
the X clients. This will enable people to easily test a new X server.
Other parts of the package are quite mature.

-- 
Tzafrir Cohen
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