Trying to make sense of all the X modular packages

Alan Coopersmith Alan.Coopersmith at Sun.COM
Sat Nov 12 17:18:05 PST 2005


Jeff Smith wrote:
> Is there any particular reason that proto/XF86Misc and proto/XF86VidMode are
> in 'core', while lib/Xxf86misc and lib/Xxf86vm are in extended.  I realize
> that there may, but it just seems a bit odd.

I was thinking the proto headers were required to build the X server, but
that nothing else in the core required those libraries, and not a lot of
external software does.  (I know xscreensaver does, and I guess I forgot
about xdpyinfo using them, which would make them core too.)

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	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering


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