On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 09:02:13PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote: > Hi there, > > I've recently built, and am now using, an XFree86 build from DRI CVS. > This greatly improves 3D performance on my card (a voodoo3).
I've been watching this and other threads like it in hopes that something useful would come out. I have a few ideas about how it /might/ be done, but I haven't tested them (not enough hours in the day *sigh*). > Of course, it's a bit annoying running X out of /usr/local, so... how > hard would it be to build debian packages from it? I understand that > the X packages are fairly complex :-) Indeed it is annoying. The first thing that comes to mind is simply checking out the CVS source, then getting the debian/ directory out of the current xserver-xfree86 source package, moving it over, and attempting to build an xserver-dri package that way > Alternatively, does Branden ever fold in DRI versions into his > packages? How long would I be in this unpackaged state before my local > sid mirror had up-to-date packages? It would probably be more practical for someone who isn't as tied up as Branden, and knows more about dpkg than myself, to create and contribute such a package, probably best named xserver-dri or xserver-dri-date or xserver-dri-cvs. Any takers? ;) -- -=|JP|=- "This space intentionally left blank." Jon Pennington | Debian 2.4 -o) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Auto Enthusiast /\\ Kansas City, MO, USA | Proud Husband and Father _\_V
