On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 11:47:21AM +0200, "Beerse, Corni" wrote:

> > I think the problem is more that the Imakefile uses a target that the
> > xmkmf distributed with XFree86 3.3.x understands, but which the one
> > distributed with XFree86 4.x (and so with Red Hat Linux) doesn't.
>
> Rare but possible,

Let's put it this way: it _is_ because of this, and you can find a
patch from me in the archives of this list. :-)

> I've seen more not-so-well configured packages in RH7.2.

Can you explain in a bit more detail?

> If the imakefile with the vnc source worked with previous
> (XFree86-3) distro's, it should work with newer distro-s that have
> moved to XFree86-4.

Take this up with the XFree86 people.

> If not, the configuration of the distro has changed.

No, it's the xmkmf targets that have changed.

> Since XFree86-4 and vnc
> are both on the RH7.2 disto, GPL says the distro must contain the source to
> build the binaries. Hence, if you fetched the source from the distro, you
> must be able to do a build.

Right.  Did you use the source _from the distribution_ or from the
AT&T site?

> On the other hand, this specific message (*.man, *._man) point to
> documentation that is not required for building the binaries. Do any
> of those files exist in your source?

Your question implies that you aren't using the source supplied with
the Red Hat Linux RPM..

Tim.
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