Stuart Ballard wrote: > > 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?
Probably. Those things can happen when building from CVS. ;) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
