Changeset 25a6c5c2 for x

Timestamp:

02/04/2007 07:03:16 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

b7a35ed6

Parents:

9c36a36

Message:

Removed the obsolete and unmaintained Xorg-6.9 package

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@6541 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Location:

x

Files:

• installing/installing.xml (modified) (3 diffs)
• installing/x-setup.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• lib/mesalib.xml (modified) (1 diff)

x/installing/installing.xml

@@ -17 +17 @@
 
   <para>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 <application>X Window System</application>:
-  <application>Xorg</application> X11R6 or X11R7 (<xref linkend="xorg"/> or
-  <xref linkend="xorg7"/>), or <application>XFree86</application>
-  (<xref linkend="xfree86"/>). These packages are all quite similar. In fact,
-  the base system of <application>Xorg</application> is
-  <application>XFree86</application>-4.4.0RC2. Differences in the licensing
-  philosophies was the original reason for the split.</para>
+  <application>Xorg</application> X11R7 (<xref linkend="xorg7"/>), or
+  <application>XFree86</application> (<xref linkend="xfree86"/>). The
+  functionality of these two packages is quite similar. In fact,
+  the base system of <application>Xorg</application> was derived from the
+  <application>XFree86</application>-4.4.0RC2 code (note that the
+  <application>Xorg</application> build system has changed, but the underlying
+  core code is the same). Differences in the licensing philosophies was the
+  original reason for the split.</para>
 
   <para>A second reason for the forking of <application>X</application>
@@ -33 +35 @@
 
   <para><application>Xorg</application>-&xorg7-version; introduces a completely
-  autotooled build system, but is otherwise the same codebase as
-  <application>Xorg</application>-&xorg-version;. Most large commercial
-  distributions have decided to use the <application>Xorg</application>
-  package, but several still provide <application>XFree86</application>.</para>
+  autotooled build system which means that the packages build and install
+  using the conventional <command>configure</command>, <command>make</command>
+  and <command>make install</command> commands, but it now requires installing
+  more than 100 different packages. Most large commercial distributions have
+  decided to use the <application>Xorg</application> package, but several still
+  provide <application>XFree86</application>.</para>
 
   <para><application>XFree86</application> continues to be a solid,
   conservative application with excellent driver support.</para>
+
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xmono-dummy.xml"/>
-  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xorg.xml"/>
+  <!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xorg.xml"/> -->
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xfree86.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="xorg7-dummy.xml"/>
@@ -58 +63 @@
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x-setup.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="x-config.xml"/>
+
 </chapter>

x/installing/x-setup.xml

@@ -217 +217 @@
     To enable direct rendering using the OpenGL implementation from
     <xref linkend="mesalib"/> (built separately with <xref linkend="xorg7"/>
-    or included with <xref linkend="xorg"/> and <xref linkend="xfree86"/>),
+    or included with <xref linkend="xfree86"/>),
     the "glx" and "dri" modules must be loaded.  Additionally, the created
     device nodes in <filename class="directory">/dev/dri</filename> must

x/lib/mesalib.xml

@@ -67 +67 @@
     <note>
       <para>It is not recommended to build a newer version of
-      <application>Mesa</application> with <xref linkend="xfree86"/> or
-      <xref linkend="xorg"/>.</para>
+      <application>Mesa</application> with <xref linkend="xfree86"/>.</para>
     </note>