Compiling xlis

[David Woodfall]

On (10:33 20/06/07), Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists at gmail.com> put forth the proposition:
> On 6/20/07, David Woodfall <dave at unrealize.co.uk> wrote:
> > I want to compile xlib because of the Gimp bug but I'm having problems
> > locating the sources for 6.9. I keep downloading .PS.gz files which I take
> > it are postscript files.
> >
> > Where can I get the source?
> 
> The terminology is a bit confusing here. Xlib is the X protocol
> library, and what you're downloading is the PostScript documentation
> of it. The actual implementation is in the libX11 package. The modular
> versions are here:
> 
> http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/

If I want to compile X in full, would all these files be the right way to
go:

http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.2/src/everything/

> 
> But it might be an issue mixing versions if you're using Xorg-6.9. You
> might want to contact your distro about this.
> 
> --
> Dan
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