Index: general.ent
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--- general.ent (revision 9c36a3651bf83a27d6579147a7adbc0c9eb3fa0e)
+++ general.ent (revision 25a6c5c2d7c482c48a9c04e13701d68c1af8deea)
@@ -364,5 +364,4 @@
-
@@ -375,4 +374,6 @@
+
+
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
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--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (revision 9c36a3651bf83a27d6579147a7adbc0c9eb3fa0e)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (revision 25a6c5c2d7c482c48a9c04e13701d68c1af8deea)
@@ -43,4 +43,14 @@
+ February 4th, 2007
+
+
+ [randy] - Removed the obsolete and unmaintained Xorg-6.9
+ package.
+
+
+
+
+
February 3rd, 2007
Index: x/installing/installing.xml
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--- x/installing/installing.xml (revision 9c36a3651bf83a27d6579147a7adbc0c9eb3fa0e)
+++ x/installing/installing.xml (revision 25a6c5c2d7c482c48a9c04e13701d68c1af8deea)
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
This chapter contains instructions to build and configure a graphical
- user environment. You will need to choose one of the three packages in BLFS
+ user environment. You will need to choose one of the two packages in BLFS
that implements the X Window System:
- Xorg X11R6 or X11R7 ( or
- ), or XFree86
- (). These packages are all quite similar. In fact,
- the base system of Xorg is
- XFree86-4.4.0RC2. Differences in the licensing
- philosophies was the original reason for the split.
+ Xorg X11R7 (), or
+ XFree86 (). The
+ functionality of these two packages is quite similar. In fact,
+ the base system of Xorg was derived from the
+ XFree86-4.4.0RC2 code (note that the
+ Xorg build system has changed, but the underlying
+ core code is the same). Differences in the licensing philosophies was the
+ original reason for the split.
A second reason for the forking of X
@@ -33,13 +35,16 @@
Xorg-&xorg7-version; introduces a completely
- autotooled build system, but is otherwise the same codebase as
- Xorg-&xorg-version;. Most large commercial
- distributions have decided to use the Xorg
- package, but several still provide XFree86.
+ autotooled build system which means that the packages build and install
+ using the conventional configure, make
+ and make install commands, but it now requires installing
+ more than 100 different packages. Most large commercial distributions have
+ decided to use the Xorg package, but several still
+ provide XFree86.
XFree86 continues to be a solid,
conservative application with excellent driver support.
+
-
+
@@ -58,3 +63,4 @@
+
Index: x/installing/x-setup.xml
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--- x/installing/x-setup.xml (revision 9c36a3651bf83a27d6579147a7adbc0c9eb3fa0e)
+++ x/installing/x-setup.xml (revision 25a6c5c2d7c482c48a9c04e13701d68c1af8deea)
@@ -217,5 +217,5 @@
To enable direct rendering using the OpenGL implementation from
(built separately with
- or included with and ),
+ or included with ),
the "glx" and "dri" modules must be loaded. Additionally, the created
device nodes in /dev/dri must
Index: x/lib/mesalib.xml
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--- x/lib/mesalib.xml (revision 9c36a3651bf83a27d6579147a7adbc0c9eb3fa0e)
+++ x/lib/mesalib.xml (revision 25a6c5c2d7c482c48a9c04e13701d68c1af8deea)
@@ -67,6 +67,5 @@
It is not recommended to build a newer version of
- Mesa with or
- .
+ Mesa with .
Index: xincludes/xorg7-only.xml
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--- xincludes/xorg7-only.xml (revision 9c36a3651bf83a27d6579147a7adbc0c9eb3fa0e)
+++ xincludes/xorg7-only.xml (revision 25a6c5c2d7c482c48a9c04e13701d68c1af8deea)
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@
This package should only be built if you are installing
. If you have installed or will be
- installing or ,
- it is provided by those packages and should not be installed
- here.
+ installing , it is already installed
+ (or will be) and should not be installed here.