Installing Xorg

[Russell Shaw]

Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 06:06:27PM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote:
> 
>>Daniel Stone wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 05:03:21PM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote:
>>>
>>>>Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>You can just use the normal way (without build.sh). See "Building 
>>>>>individual module components by hand" at 
>>>>>http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ModularDevelopersGuide.
>>>>>
>>>>>Or just don't install to /usr/local and install in your testing 
>>>>>directory as you do your debugging.
>>>>
>>>>But i tried installing in a local directory, but the whole thing takes
>>>>an hour to recompile when i want to try it in /usr/local.
>>
>>It would be obvious if the manual said that was the way to do it.
> 
> Dude, the manual is a wiki.

So? It should have all the details if it is the main manual.
> 
>>It should have been blindingly obvious that a build script is useless
>>if it doesn't have simple options for development.
> 
> It should be blindingly obvious that you forgot to attach the
> alternative script to this mail.

It hasn't completed a build yet without failing, because building into
a temporary staging area means the header and library locations need
to be exported to all sub-builds.

>>I've been debugging it for the last few hours re-running builds to
>>put in options that should already have been there.
> 
> ... sounds like fun.
> 
>>>I guess saying 'comment out the "make install" line in build.sh' would
>>>be a little too obvious?
>>
>>The script shouldn't unconditionally sudo-install stuff, so a few other
>>things need changing.
> 
> It doesn't, unless you ask it to use sudo.

The script will blindly fail mid-way somewhere at the first install
if sudo option isn't given and the location is outside the users home.

>>Why couldn't there be a top-level ./configure script like all other
>>multi-configure projects?
>  
> It should be blindingly obvious that you forgot to attach the top-level
> ./configure script to this mail.

It's not the first thing i'd think of doing, expecting the current scripts
should have been adequate for basic developer settings.