Problems building X11R6.8.2

Roland Mainz roland.mainz at nrubsig.org
Thu Mar 10 08:12:49 PST 2005


Robert Terek wrote:
> 
> I downloaded the first 3 tar files for the latest distro:
> 
>   X11R6.8.2-src1.tar.gz
>   X11R6.8.2-src2.tar.gz
>   X11R6.8.2-src3.tar.gz
> 
> and made my own config/cf/host.def file, derived from xorgsite.def,
> as per the instructions. Then I did a "make World".
> 
> The first problem I encountered was doc/hardcopy not existing.
> The file config/cf/X11.tmpl seems to have been modified:
> 
>   #define InstallHardcopyDocs     YES

Does the xc/doc/hardcopy/ dir exist in the single tarball download
(ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.2/src-single/X11R6.8.2-src.tar.Z) ?

> it used to be NO. Ok, so I set it to NO in my host.def and
> got past that problem.
> 
> Now the build breaks in programs/Xserver/fb:
> 
>   fbpseudocolor.c:74: parse error before "GlyphListPtr"
>   fbpseudocolor.c:70: warning: `xxComposite' declared `static' but never defined
>   fbpseudocolor.c:74: warning: `xxGlyphs' declared `static' but never defined
>   make[5]: *** [fbpseudocolor.o] Error 1
> 
> This is because I have turned off RENDER in my host.def:
> 
>   #define BuildRender NO
> 
> Is this by design? Can the fb layer no longer be built without RENDER?

No, in theory it should still work... please file a bug and I'll take a
look at the issue...

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Bye,
Roland

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