Re: building X11

Chuck Robey wrote:

> 2) I so surprised about slow compilation on the Zaurus!  I know I 
> shouldn't be, but having all those nice Intel speed boxes is spoiling!  
> Anyhow, I got a complete X11 build to go off without a hitch ("build" 
> target), but I didn't realize that it also did an install, so I didn't 
> have the present X11R6 moved out of the way, so I'm going to do it 
> again.  I want to do it with X11 still active, so I figure to move 
> ProjectRoot to /usr/X11R6.8.2, and when it's complete, make the current 
> X11R6 into a link from X11R6.8.2.  My question is because it's taking SO 
> long to compile, I don;t want to waste time; can I move the ProjectRoot 
> by changing it in xc/config/cf/site.def, then redoing a "make build" in 
> /obj/XF4/xc ??  Or does it need more changes, or a more complete cleaning?

The official way is to create xc/config/host.def in your shadow tree 
(/obj/XF4) and  add your #define ProjectRoot there.

But I think this is useless. There are so many things that expect to 
find X in /usr/X11R6 that running X with a different ProjectRoot 
(especially when another X11 copy is installed in /usr/X11R6) is a 
source of strange failures.

X only touches /etc/X11, /etc/fonts and /usr/X11R6. What I do is to 
rename those 3 dirs when I want to switch bewteen different X builds 
(differents versions, or the same version with different build options).
-- 
Matthieu Herrb