RE: XFree && x86_64

"Wichmann, Mats D" <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Mar 2004 05:24:05 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lsb.implementation
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> I'm still stuck during phase2 with XFree86, because
> x86_64 simply is not included in 4.2 (afaics).
> Would it make sense to upgrade to 4.3 ? 

I think so.  I've kind of avoided it because the
build has changed, it used to be possible with 4.2
to download and build just the first XFRee86
tarball, and I was able to find the patch for
ia64 (which had the same problem you're seeing).
With 4.3 it was unclear how much was needed as
the builds reach into many other places, and
according to Stuart, the libraries didn't change.
Processor support did, however.  And by our own
model we need to stay a little more current
with upstream source.

We'll talk about this in the call today (in
a few hours).

Mats