XFree86 4.6.0

[particlehunter]

XFree86 4.6.0 is finally out, I suggest upgrading the installation instructions to accomodate to this new version

[particlehunter]

oh, sorry for posting a new ticket with just a nickname, my e-mail address is julio28@…

I would like to contribute to the BLFS book by suggesting upgrades, catching new package versions and even test new ones

Thanks in advance, Julio Meca Hansen

[bdubbs@…]

"I suggest upgrading the installation instructions to accomodate to this new version"

Do you have any suggestions about changes to the installation instructions or will the current instructions work if we just change the version number?

[particlehunter]

hmm... from what I've been reading, there shouldn't be many changes, if not no changes at all, but still... what concerns me is the fact I built my LFS system using linux-headers and not linux-libc-headers, so I don't know if it could be a problem, I have to give it a try, and as I have built many libraries with X support using XFree86 4.5.0, I want to rebuild the entire system just to be sure nothing interferes with the new installation... once I can accomplish the installation I'll post some more solid info, as I fear for the kernel-headers-patch...

[particlehunter]

I got it compiled with no problems, nothing to fear from the change from linux-libc-headers to linux-headers, but still... it's not advisable to use extra optimization flags like the ones found in the xfree86.cf file under xcbuild/config/cf directory...

but... used the i386 optimization line changed from -march=i686 to -march=pentium-m with no errors, so... maybe it should be good to note that users can modify this value to accomodate for their specific architecture (no -O3 and not any other modification except the one containing HasPAM from the original host.def stated in the BLFS book)

Julio