On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:38:29PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > PGI already does something similar to what you describe.
>
> I see; how hard would it be to integrate into the main Debian package?
> I guess my main point here is that it's a solvable problem; I don't
> think this approach goes a
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > xfree86 4.2.1-4 will B-D on "kernel-headers-2.4.19-386 |
> > > kernel-headers-2.4 | hurd | freebsd | netbsd | openbsd". This will of
> > > course only help Linux/i386 people, but it's better than nothing.
> >
> > FYI that'll break auto-building;
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:02:12PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> Yes, now that I've written this mail, I've pretty much made up my mind.
> I like your idea. If the user dicks with the autogenerated file, we
> slam on the brakes and toss him into the manual configuration ghetto
> where he belon
On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 18:01, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:52:43PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > Ok, here's the way I see things happening. We use discover and friends
> > to populate the debconf database, like you do now in the xserver-xfree86
> > .config script. We only
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:38:29PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > PGI already does something similar to what you describe.
>
> I see; how hard would it be to integrate into the main Debian package?
> I guess my main point here is that it's a solvable problem; I don't
> think this approach goes a
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > xfree86 4.2.1-4 will B-D on "kernel-headers-2.4.19-386 |
> > > kernel-headers-2.4 | hurd | freebsd | netbsd | openbsd". This will of
> > > course only help Linux/i386 people, but it's better than nothing.
> >
> > FYI that'll break auto-building;
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:02:12PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> Yes, now that I've written this mail, I've pretty much made up my mind.
> I like your idea. If the user dicks with the autogenerated file, we
> slam on the brakes and toss him into the manual configuration ghetto
> where he belon
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 10:09:58PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> Time for a third opinion: I think your setup circumvents the problem
> (parsing XF86Config) _very_ nicely with little overhead. It allows me
> to customize any section I want while still letting debconf handle the
> rest. Basically
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:52:43PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> Ok, here's the way I see things happening. We use discover and friends
> to populate the debconf database, like you do now in the xserver-xfree86
> .config script. We only ask the user to confirm at a priority of
> "low". The defau
On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 18:01, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:52:43PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > Ok, here's the way I see things happening. We use discover and friends
> > to populate the debconf database, like you do now in the xserver-xfree86
> > .config script. We only
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 10:29:54PM +0900, MINAMI wrote:
> These changes seems to fix most of leaks I have seen.
> #Though I don't know why Xfree() is prefered to XFree()
Probably because "XFree()" is an Xlib function.
"Xfree()" is to free() what "Xalloc()" is to malloc().
--
G. Branden Robinson
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:13:17AM +0900, ISHIKAWA Mutsumi wrote:
> Some memory leaks of libX11 was fixed in XFree86 current CVS
> few days ago. Will the patch solves your problem?
>
> 438. Fix some memory leaks in libX11 i18n code (#A.1314, Olivier Chapuis).
>
> http://www.xfree86.org/pipermai
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 06:29:32PM +0100, James Troup wrote:
> Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > xfree86 4.2.1-4 will B-D on "kernel-headers-2.4.19-386 |
> > kernel-headers-2.4 | hurd | freebsd | netbsd | openbsd". This will of
> > course only help Linux/i386 people, but it's bet
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 10:09:58PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> Time for a third opinion: I think your setup circumvents the problem
> (parsing XF86Config) _very_ nicely with little overhead. It allows me
> to customize any section I want while still letting debconf handle the
> rest. Basically
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:52:43PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> Ok, here's the way I see things happening. We use discover and friends
> to populate the debconf database, like you do now in the xserver-xfree86
> .config script. We only ask the user to confirm at a priority of
> "low". The defau
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 10:29:54PM +0900, MINAMI wrote:
> These changes seems to fix most of leaks I have seen.
> #Though I don't know why Xfree() is prefered to XFree()
Probably because "XFree()" is an Xlib function.
"Xfree()" is to free() what "Xalloc()" is to malloc().
--
G. Branden Robinson
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:13:17AM +0900, ISHIKAWA Mutsumi wrote:
> Some memory leaks of libX11 was fixed in XFree86 current CVS
> few days ago. Will the patch solves your problem?
>
> 438. Fix some memory leaks in libX11 i18n code (#A.1314, Olivier Chapuis).
>
> http://www.xfree86.org/pipermai
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 06:29:32PM +0100, James Troup wrote:
> Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > xfree86 4.2.1-4 will B-D on "kernel-headers-2.4.19-386 |
> > kernel-headers-2.4 | hurd | freebsd | netbsd | openbsd". This will of
> > course only help Linux/i386 people, but it's bet
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 06:00:48PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> As I said, I am suggesting we mimick the conffile mechanism. conffiles are
> not parsed, but their modification is noticed. My proposed system would not
> prevent the user from using the menu-driven configuration; it would simple
>
On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 18:21, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 05:21:00PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > Speaking with my Debian Desktop hat on, I would prefer it if you took
> > the approach of just trying what the autodetection tools said, and only
> > if that fails, offer the u
At 09:36 10/22/2002, Branden Robinson wrote:
I beseech you to help debug and fix the XFree86 module loader on m68k.
If I understand correctly the issue with 68040/68060 is cache coherency.
When looking
at the 68040 manual from Motorola, (page 4-10):
> It is imperative that a CPUSHA ins
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 06:00:48PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> As I said, I am suggesting we mimick the conffile mechanism. conffiles are
> not parsed, but their modification is noticed. My proposed system would not
> prevent the user from using the menu-driven configuration; it would simple
>
On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 18:21, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 05:21:00PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > Speaking with my Debian Desktop hat on, I would prefer it if you took
> > the approach of just trying what the autodetection tools said, and only
> > if that fails, offer the u
At 09:36 10/22/2002, Branden Robinson wrote:
I beseech you to help debug and fix the XFree86 module loader on m68k.
If I understand correctly the issue with 68040/68060 is cache coherency.
When looking
at the 68040 manual from Motorola, (page 4-10):
> It is imperative that a CPUSHA instr
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 02:13:17 +0900
ISHIKAWA Mutsumi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Some memory leaks of libX11 was fixed in XFree86 current CVS
> few days ago. Will the patch solves your problem?
>
> 438. Fix some memory leaks in libX11 i18n code (#A.1314, Olivier Chapuis).
>
> http://www.xfree8
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:31:14 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Would you include such a libraries in the -dbg package?
>
> Yes. How does this look?
Seems OK for me.
> As long as everything tests all right, this fix will be in the next
> release.
Thanks.
--
MINAMI Hirokazu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:31:14 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Would you include such a libraries in the -dbg package?
>
> Yes. How does this look?
Seems OK for me.
> As long as everything tests all right, this fix will be in the next
> release.
Thanks.
--
MINAMI Hirokazu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 02:13:17 +0900
ISHIKAWA Mutsumi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Some memory leaks of libX11 was fixed in XFree86 current CVS
> few days ago. Will the patch solves your problem?
>
> 438. Fix some memory leaks in libX11 i18n code (#A.1314, Olivier Chapuis).
>
> http://www.xfree8
Xprint (package xprint-xprintorg, upstream http://xprint.mozdev.org) is now
compiled and uploaded for all architectures.
There is a bug report
(http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=161899&repeatmerged=yes)
saying char signedness is broken on arm, powerpc, s390. Although the
package c
Xprint (package xprint-xprintorg, upstream http://xprint.mozdev.org) is now
compiled and uploaded for all architectures.
There is a bug report
(http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=161899&repeatmerged=yes)
saying char signedness is broken on arm, powerpc, s390. Although the
package c
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