Problems compiling X11R7.1

Paul Vojta vojta at Math.Berkeley.EDU
Wed Aug 23 12:53:13 PDT 2006


On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 11:03:10AM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Markku Tavasti wrote:
> >Looks like there is still packages missing:
> 
> This is noted in the X11R7.1 README, though still very confusing to many 
> users:
> 
>   X11R7.1 is the second release in the X11R7 series. Tarballs for packages 
>   that
>   have had updates since the 7.0 release are included in this release. To 
>   build
>   this release, you will first need to get the packages from X11R7.0 and 
>   then
>   add the new packages from X11R7.1 to them.

How about documenting this also in:

	http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.1/doc/README6.html

Note that the sentence "Please see an X11R7.1 release site for a complete
list of the tarballs" appears to be incorrect.  At the very least it is
misleading.

--Paul Vojta, vojta at math.berkeley.edu



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