I would really appreciate someone helping me - via email or via this list. I am trying to compile xfree86 4.3.0 on my Debian 3.1 stable machine.
I want to rewrite the mouse acceleration code in xf86Xinput.c, resulting in a new XFree86 server I can run and use without upsetting anything else. I don't know enough about X to attempt compiling and installing a more current version on this, my main computer. I will make the new acceleration code freely available. This is what I figured out so far, based on the dbs documentation and the debian/README file. I have not been able to find any direct instructions on how to patch and compile XFree86 on Debian. I installed packages dbs (0.34), debhelper (4.2.3), build-essential (10.1), debian-builder (1.3-5), devscripts (2.8.14). dbs is "Doogies Build System": http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/dbs http://snoopy.apana.org.au/~bam/debian/faq/#dbs >From http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xfree86.html I downloaded: /zz/xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz /zz/xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1.diff.gz I untargzipped the upstream source tarball: tar -xzf xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz This creates: /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/ /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/xfree86-4.3.0.tar.gz I ungzipped the diff file which will be used to create a /debian subdirectory and its descendent directories: gunzip xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1.diff.gz This creates: /zz/xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1.diff I used this diff file to create the debian directory, its files and subdirectories: cd xfree86-4.3.0 patch --verbose -p1 < ../xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1.diff cd .. Now I have: /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/ /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/xfree86-4.3.0.tar.gz /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/debian/ /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/debian/local/ /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/debian/patches/ /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/debian/po/ /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/debian/scripts/ /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/debian/README /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/debian/rules /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/debian/... and many more files I also created some directories for dbs, but this may be non-essential or bad: /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/build-tree/ /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/stampdir/ /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/stampdir/patch/ /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/stampdir/unpack/ Now, as best I understand it, I should be able to unpack the main source tree from xfree86-4.3.0.tar.gz with the command, given from /zz/xfree86-4.3.0/: make debian/rules unpacked I could untargzip it myself, but I am trying to stick by standard procedure, since the debian/rules system is too complex for me to fully understand so far. After that I should be able to apply the appropriate patches from debian/patches/ to the source tree by: make debian/rules setup However, when I run these I get: make: Nothing to be done for `debian/rules'. make: *** No rule to make target `unpacked'. Stop. debian/rules does include the correct dbs file, and that file does exist. (Copying the file rather than including it makes no difference.) # Use the DBS archive/patch handling system. SCRIPT_DIR = /usr/share/dbs TAR_DIR = xc include $(SCRIPT_DIR)/dbs-build.mk I have not been able to understand this file, but it does contain such a target: unpacked: $(unpacked) $(unpacked): $(STAMP_DIR)/created mkdir -p $(STAMP_DIR)/sources $(SOURCE_DIR) . . . Presumably this dbs approach should work. Later versions use quilt, but I think the debian/rules makefile is specifically crafted for this version and to work only with dbs. I want to use dbs and debian/rules because I assume I need some or all of the debian/patches applied to the source tree before I have a hope of compiling a server which is the same or similar to the binary I am currently using. I wouldn't know how else to apply the correct patches. Sorry to ask about non-bleeding edge code. I hope to contribute a much nicer mouse acceleration system for general use. - Robin http://www.firstpr.com.au -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
