Re: Xquartz version change?
Re: Xquartz version change?
- Subject: Re: Xquartz version change?
- From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 15:44:46 -0800
I don't see why fink binaries won't work right. They should work
fine since we symlink /usr/X11R6 to /usr/X11... the problem is in
compiling them, right? So compile them on Tiger for now and
distribute them as they'll work on Leopard... then as the packages
get updated to use pkg-config instead of grep-hacks, things should
start to work right on Leopard.
That is infeasible. My impression is that most Fink users (well, at
least me) compile from source, because the pre-built binaries
available are sometimes rather out of date, or simply nonexistent. I
don't have the inclination or the disk space to maintain a Tiger
install just to build Fink...
Sorry, I was under the impression it was mainly compile-from-source.
I'm glad to see that's not the case.
Note: I don't use Fink, so I don't have a fine understanding of
their build process.
Well, maybe you should start, because a rather large fraction of the
X11 users on the Mac will likely rely on Fink working nicely with
X11 changes you make. :-
Yes, I'm sure they will. Personally, I use MacPorts instead of fink.
So far, I've noticed a few problems where it pulls in a macports
package for a library instead of using the one in /usr/X11 (which is
the case regardless of which version of Leopard X11 is installed), and
if MacPorts devs don't get them fixed in a few weeks, I'll probably
devote some cycles to fixing them up...
Honestly, this problem comes from years of fink having to use ugly
grep hacks to figure out version numbers for X11, and there is finally
a *real* way for them to check it now. It's sad that they did not get
this working right during the Leopard beta, but I'm confident that it
will be working soon. As someone else mentioned, most other *nixes
went through this hell a few years ago, and it's finally OSX's turn to
bite the bullet. This means people relying on X11 support for mission
critical needs will need to stick with Tiger or use Tiger's X11 on
Leopard for the near future. In the end, however, this will be much
more smoother.
In the mean time, I'm volunteering my time to help get this working as
quick as possible.
--Jeremy
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