Problems compiling X11R7.1
Paul Vojta
vojta at Math.Berkeley.EDU
Wed Aug 23 12:53:13 PDT 2006
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 11:03:10AM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Markku Tavasti wrote:
> >Looks like there is still packages missing:
>
> This is noted in the X11R7.1 README, though still very confusing to many
> users:
>
> X11R7.1 is the second release in the X11R7 series. Tarballs for packages
> that
> have had updates since the 7.0 release are included in this release. To
> build
> this release, you will first need to get the packages from X11R7.0 and
> then
> add the new packages from X11R7.1 to them.
How about documenting this also in:
http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.1/doc/README6.html
Note that the sentence "Please see an X11R7.1 release site for a complete
list of the tarballs" appears to be incorrect. At the very least it is
misleading.
--Paul Vojta, vojta at math.berkeley.edu
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