-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/05/06 23:25, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 10:57:28PM -0700, Jiri Klouda wrote: >> I just wanted to ask when xv is going to be updated > > It isn't. > >> or do I need to compile from sources? > > You can use this to fetch the last source package: > > # unofficial xv source > deb-src http://debian.uni-essen.de/misc/local/ theo-phys local > > That'll get you the last debian package from back in the Potato days (-26). > It's not hard to build it against the current stable or unstable. > > The -26 package had quite a few problems besides its licensing. Patches > that didn't apply properly and so forth, and there are a couple of things > you have to do to get it to build on gcc 4.x. I'm up to -39 in my own > local copy, although I've patched the h*ll out of it too. > > Against unstable, of course, you have to deal with the modular X transition > and move the binary into /usr/bin as well. > > There's no tool quite like xv, that wraps so many useful things into one > binary.
Would you mind sharing the -39 or deb-src with us? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFJjHVS9HxQb37XmcRAkbmAJ9XGBALxXwvat54WerJQV1wRFjbUgCcDIn0 OEUkJplnOzBS5BdDNjhI948= =b/jC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
