Stuart Ballard wrote: > > What I did was as follows (from memory - I may have a filename or two > wrong, as I'm not at the relevant machine right now. Later this evening > I can post a full log): > > # apt-get build-dep xserver-xfree86 > # apt-get source xserver-xfree86 > # cvs -r xf-4_0_99_1 co xc > # tar zcvf xfree86-4.0.99.1.tar.gz xc > # cd xfree86-4.0.2 > # mv upstream/archives/xfree*.tar.gz .. (new step here - this patch fails to apply cleanly) # mv debian/patches/400_alpha_support.diff .. > # mv ../xfree86-4.0.99.1.tar.gz upstream/archives > # vi debian/scripts/patch.apply > (comment out the "exit 1" line - some patches are bound to fail with a > new version of the upstream source) > # vi debian/changelog > (add a new line for 4.0.99.1-0local1 by myself) > # debian/rules binary-xserver > (because I only care about the server)
The build now proceeds for quite a while and eventually dies with an error about not being able to find -lXext. I notice that libXext is in the xlibs and xlibs-dev packages, which presumably are built from the same source tree as I'm working with now, so I shouldn't need to have them installed. Any tips on what I'm doing wrong? Do I need the xlibs/xlibs-dev packages installed anyway? (I can post a full log, but not from the computer I'm at now... I'll do this later if it would be helpful) > (btw, the 4.0.2 packages I'm working with are the latest as of > yesterday, which were 4.0.2-7. All of this was done as root, which I > know isn't ideal but I'm concerned about getting it *working* first). Thanks for any advice, Stuart.
