RE: Cut down xfree server for XDMCP only

["Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at syncretize dot net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Tim Thomson
> Sent: Saturday, 15 June 2002 8:12 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree Mailing List
> Subject: RE: Cut down xfree server for XDMCP only
> 
> 
> Thanks for the replies.
> 
> The idea is to end up with an X server that is small and easy to use.
> I'd like to use the existing cygwin setup.exe, as it is very 
> nice, but I
> don't want to end up with a full cygwin setup.
> Basically I'm after something like X-Win32, MI/x, or WinaXe, but based
> on cygwin-xfree, so is free and works well. If you want to 
> use XDMCP to
> connect to a unix server only, you don't need a full cygwin install.

Sure. And a minimum cygwin install is all you'd get. Setup only installs
the bare minimum - the 'base' category by default. No compilers, no
'optional' components at all. And even they can be deselected (but not
be default).
 
> On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 20:17, Robert Collins wrote:
> 
> > You will also need to:
> > * Change the shared segment name, or you will break 
> existing installs at
> > runtime.
> > * Change the dll name, as the install you are proposing is not
> > compatible with the cygwin net distribution.
> > * Recompile *everything* to use the new .dll name.
> 
> "Everything" would involve the cygwin dll, the couple of 
> libraries used
> and the XFree server binary correct?

Yah. It's not an easy task unfortunately.

Anyway, I think this is a good project, it's something that is
potentially very useful.

Rob