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RE: ancient files in ftp
- To: "'cygx'" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: RE: ancient files in ftp
- From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 17:33:49 -0400
Suhaib,
> The xvfb still uses those drivers. They need to be there
> For future contributors to extend the work because they contain
> Sources.
That was correct about a week ago. vfb on Cygwin was a full server
masquerading as vfb, which is supposed to be a server that can run without
input and output devices. vfb is supposed to be a dummy server that allows
one to run an X client on a machine with no real input or output devices
(think of a rack mount server with no peripherals). vfb on Cygwin violated
the meaning and purpose of vfb, so it was removed from XFree86 CVS a couple
weeks back.
vfb can now be used on Cygwin as it was intended to be used.
If there really is still a need for the incomplete server that was the old
vfb on Cygwin, then it should live in a directory under
xc/programs/Xserver/hw/ other than vfb/ or xwin/.
If that is not the case, then the drivers/ directory should be removed from
our ftp repository to prevent confusion.
Harold