[xorg-commit-diffs] xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml BUILD.sgml, 1.1.4.3.4.1.4.1, 1.1.4.3.4.1.4.2

Jim Gettys xorg-commit at pdx.freedesktop.org
Mon Mar 29 14:00:22 PST 2004


Committed by: jg


Index: BUILD.sgml
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RCS file: /cvs/xorg/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/BUILD.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.1.4.3.4.1.4.1
retrieving revision 1.1.4.3.4.1.4.2
diff -u -d -r1.1.4.3.4.1.4.1 -r1.1.4.3.4.1.4.2
--- a/BUILD.sgml	29 Mar 2004 06:11:51 -0000	1.1.4.3.4.1.4.1
+++ b/BUILD.sgml	29 Mar 2004 22:00:19 -0000	1.1.4.3.4.1.4.2
@@ -3,18 +3,20 @@
 ]>
 
 <article>
-<title>Building the X Window System from a Source Distribution
+<title>Building the X Window System 
+from the 
+X.org Source Distribution
 <author>David Dawes, Matthieu Herrb, Jim Gettys
-<Date>25 March 2004
+<Date>29 March 2004
 
 <ident>
-$XdotOrg$
+$Id: $ 
 Based on $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/BUILD.sgml,v 3.13 2003/12/05 15:51:44 dawes Exp $
 </ident>
 
 <abstract>
 This document describes how to build the X Window System from the 
-Xorg monolithic <bf>source</bf>
+X.org monolithic <bf>source</bf>
 distribution and is designed to
 be used in conjunction with the operating system (OS) specific README files.
 </abstract>
@@ -28,9 +30,12 @@
        you need to successfully build for your OS.
 </quote>
 
-
 We highly recommend using gcc to build the X distribution, but X also
 generally builds with the native compiler for each OS platform; 
+The build tools known to be required include: gcc, make, C library development
+package, bison, flex, zlib (development package), ncurses (development
+package), fontconfig (development package), expat (development package),
+and Perl.
 
 <sect>How to get the X11R&relvers; distribution source
 <p>
@@ -109,17 +114,6 @@
 ]]>
 </itemize>
 
-<![ %fullrel; [
-Alternatively, if you already have a pristine copy of the X11R&relvers;
-&prevfullrelvers; source, you can download patches from
-<htmlurl name="ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/R&relvers;/fixes/"
-url="ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/R&relvers;/fixes/"> that will allow
-you to convert it to &relvers;.  Information about which patch files to
-download and how to apply them can be found in the "How to get X11R&relvers;"
-section of the <htmlurl name="README" url="README.html"> for this release.
-]]>
-]]>
-
 <![ %snapshot; [
 <p>
 Alternatively you can download the source for the X11R&relvers; &relvers;




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