Proper way to operate a git build and a regular package-manager installed X at the same time

[James C. Georgas]

On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 09:22 -0400, Joel Feiner wrote:
> I have (finally!) managed to get a git-based xorg tree built on my
> Gentoo test install.  I have it live in /usr/local/xorg.  So far, things
> seem to work mostly correctly, but some non-git programs seem to be
> failing because -- I believe -- they aren't using the right libraries.
> Now, I've set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/local/xorg/lib and that works for
> some things.  But I seem to be having problems getting DRI to work
> again, which is strange because it did work at one time with this git
> build and now it's not.
> 

There is also an xorg overlay for gentoo, which will properly build and
install all the bleeding edge stuff you like, with proper dependencies.
All you have to do is unmask and keyword the packages. Been running it
as my normal X/DRI for over a year now.

James