Changeset 7e3d293

Timestamp:

03/19/2012 05:19:50 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

DJ Lucas <dj@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 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:

068c8df

Parents:

e959f37

Message:

Further clarify Cairo reciprocal dependencies and install libxcb backend by default.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@9731 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• x/lib/cairo.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
-          <para>[dj] - correct libtool archives for libattr and libacl.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>[dj] - move PCRE pc files to /usr/lib/pkgconfig.</para>
+          <para>[dj] - Correct libtool archives for libattr and libacl.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[dj] - Move PCRE pc files to /usr/lib/pkgconfig.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[dj] - Further clarify Cairo reciprocal dependencies and
+          install libxcb backend by default.</para>
         </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>

x/lib/cairo.xml

@@ -77 +77 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
     <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/> (gtk requires
-    cairo to be built with the libX11 backend)</para>
+    cairo to be built with the libX11 backend) and <xref linkend="mesalib"/>
+    (required for the gl backend)</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
@@ -94 +95 @@
     backend)</para>
 
-    <para>Note that the GTK, Poppler and librsvg packages are circular in that
-    using them for test suite coverage requires installing cairo first, then
-    installing the desired package(s), then installing cairo again. As the test
-    suite seems to be somewhat broken it doesn't seem worth the effort.</para>
+    <note><para>There is a reciprocal dependency with cairo and libdrm. Best
+    practice is to install cairo without the OpenGL backend, and return to
+    re-install cairo after the full Xorg installation has been completed. Also
+    note that the GTK, Poppler and librsvg packages are also reciprocal. As the
+    test suite is currently unreliable, it is best to simply skip it at this
+    time.</para></note>
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
@@ -110 +113 @@
     commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-tee --enable-gl &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
+            --enable-tee \
+            --enable-gl \
+            --enable-xcb &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -142 +148 @@
 
     <para><option>--enable-xcb</option>: Enable
-    <application>Cairo</application>'s <xref linkend="libxcb"/> back end.</para>
+    <application>Cairo</application>'s <xref linkend="libxcb"/> back end.
+    Remove this option if you have not yet installed libxcb.</para>
 
     <para><option>--disable-static</option>: Prevent static libraries being