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authortsi <tsi>2007-08-04 02:16:06 +0000
committertsi <tsi>2007-08-04 02:16:06 +0000
commitb98e40fcfe615c31cdd16f62296f3215ea9188c5 (patch)
tree6cfd9b9cb8b2548ebdb9254c16ef582b24fe0a16 /BUILD.txt
parent071f8ac105404e39538d8fd59a4fd836c4aea55e (diff)
First swipe at updating the release nores for 4.7.0.
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@@ -17,69 +17,69 @@
We recommend using gcc to build XFree86, but XFree86 generally builds with
the native compiler for each OS platform.
-1. How to get the XFree86 4.6.0 source
+1. How to get the XFree86 4.7.0 source
-The recommended way of getting the XFree86 4.6.0 source is to obtain it
+The recommended way of getting the XFree86 4.7.0 source is to obtain it
directly from the XFree86 CVS repository. There are several ways of doing
that, and they are described at our CVS web page
<URL:http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/>.
-The CVS tag for this release is "xf-4_6_0". The tag for the maintenance
-branch for this release is "xf-4_6-branch".
+The CVS tag for this release is "xf-4_7_0". The tag for the maintenance
+branch for this release is "xf-4_7-branch".
-Another method of getting the XFree86 4.6.0 source is to either download the
-4.6.0 source tarballs from the XFree86 ftp site. The procedure for this is
+Another method of getting the XFree86 4.7.0 source is to either download the
+4.7.0 source tarballs from the XFree86 ftp site. The procedure for this is
as follows:
- o The XFree86 4.6.0 source is contained in the files:
+ o The XFree86 4.7.0 source is contained in the files:
- XFree86-4.6.0-src-1.tgz
+ XFree86-4.7.0-src-1.tgz
- XFree86-4.6.0-src-2.tgz
+ XFree86-4.7.0-src-2.tgz
- XFree86-4.6.0-src-3.tgz
+ XFree86-4.7.0-src-3.tgz
- XFree86-4.6.0-src-4.tgz
+ XFree86-4.7.0-src-4.tgz
- XFree86-4.6.0-src-5.tgz
+ XFree86-4.7.0-src-5.tgz
- XFree86-4.6.0-src-6.tgz
+ XFree86-4.7.0-src-6.tgz
- XFree86-4.6.0-src-7.tgz
+ XFree86-4.7.0-src-7.tgz
- These can be found at ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.6.0/source/.
- XFree86-4.6.0-src-4.tgz and XFree86-4.6.0-src-5.tgz contains the fonts.
- XFree86-4.6.0-src-6.tgz contains the documentation source.
- XFree86-4.6.0-src-7.tgz contains the hardcopy documentation.
- XFree86-4.6.0-src-1.tgz, XFree86-4.6.0-src-2.tgz and
- XFree86-4.6.0-src-3.tgz contains everything else.
+ These can be found at ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.7.0/source/.
+ XFree86-4.7.0-src-4.tgz and XFree86-4.7.0-src-5.tgz contains the fonts.
+ XFree86-4.7.0-src-6.tgz contains the documentation source.
+ XFree86-4.7.0-src-7.tgz contains the hardcopy documentation.
+ XFree86-4.7.0-src-1.tgz, XFree86-4.7.0-src-2.tgz and
+ XFree86-4.7.0-src-3.tgz contains everything else.
If you do not need either the documentation or the fonts, then you need
- only XFree86-4.6.0-src-1.tgz, XFree86-4.6.0-src-2.tgz and
- XFree86-4.6.0-src-3.tgz.
+ only XFree86-4.7.0-src-1.tgz, XFree86-4.7.0-src-2.tgz and
+ XFree86-4.7.0-src-3.tgz.
o Extract each of these files by running the following from a directory on
a filesystem containing enough space (the full source requires around
270MB, with a similar amount being required for the compiled binaries):
- gzip -d < XFree86-4.6.0-src-1.tgz | tar vxf -
+ gzip -d < XFree86-4.7.0-src-1.tgz | tar vxf -
- gzip -d < XFree86-4.6.0-src-2.tgz | tar vxf -
+ gzip -d < XFree86-4.7.0-src-2.tgz | tar vxf -
- gzip -d < XFree86-4.6.0-src-3.tgz | tar vxf -
+ gzip -d < XFree86-4.7.0-src-3.tgz | tar vxf -
- gzip -d < XFree86-4.6.0-src-4.tgz | tar vxf -
+ gzip -d < XFree86-4.7.0-src-4.tgz | tar vxf -
- gzip -d < XFree86-4.6.0-src-5.tgz | tar vxf -
+ gzip -d < XFree86-4.7.0-src-5.tgz | tar vxf -
- gzip -d < XFree86-4.6.0-src-6.tgz | tar vxf -
+ gzip -d < XFree86-4.7.0-src-6.tgz | tar vxf -
- gzip -d < XFree86-4.6.0-src-7.tgz | tar vxf -
+ gzip -d < XFree86-4.7.0-src-7.tgz | tar vxf -
-Alternatively, if you already have a pristine copy of the XFree86 4.5.0
+Alternatively, if you already have a pristine copy of the XFree86 4.6.0
source, you can download patches from
-ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.6.0/patches/ that will allow you to con-
-vert it to 4.6.0. Information about which patch files to download and how to
+ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.7.0/patches/ that will allow you to con-
+vert it to 4.7.0. Information about which patch files to download and how to
apply them can be found in the "How to get XFree86" section of the README for
this release.
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ easy to create build problems by changing the default configuration unneces-
sarily. Before making too many modifications, check the configuration param-
eters specified in the xc/config/cf/README file.
-If you are using just the XFree86-4.6.0-src-1.tgz, XFree86-4.6.0-src-2.tgz
-and XFree86-4.6.0-src-3.tgz parts of the source dist, you will need to define
+If you are using just the XFree86-4.7.0-src-1.tgz, XFree86-4.7.0-src-2.tgz
+and XFree86-4.7.0-src-3.tgz parts of the source dist, you will need to define
BuildFonts to NO.
3. Using a shadow directory of symbolic links for the build
@@ -284,4 +284,4 @@ XFree86:
Generated from XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/BUILD.sgml,v 3.20 dawes Exp $
-$XFree86$
+$XFree86: xc/BUILD.txt,v 1.3tsi Exp $