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For what it's worth to anyone, I'll add a couple sparc-specific |
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observations to Donnie's announcement. |
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1. With 6.8.0-r2/r4, it is possible to build and use a true |
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hardened xorg-x11 on sparc using the dlloader. Making this |
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work requires an unofficial patch from xorg to let sunffb |
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load its cfb (context frame buffer) modules, however. It |
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also requires a tiny change to the ebuild to fix a configuration |
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problem that shows up in one of the Mesa Imakefiles. |
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2. That said, otherwise the change to the -r{even number} candidates |
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seems very smooth. Even with the move from /usr/X11R6/lib --> |
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/usr/lib. |
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In a day or so, I'll make a modified ebuild and the required xorg patch |
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available for anyone who wants to play with hardened xorg or with |
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xorg+dlloader. (The patch is to help with dlloader; hardening works |
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fine once dlloader is straightened out.) |
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Testing early can only work to your advantage if you are willing to |
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take the risk. The number of reasonable, different USE flags combinations |
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is quite large, and if some particular combination appeals to you, |
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it's probably better to catch any hidden problems with it before the |
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release goes stable. |
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (sparc) |
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:01:06 -0800 |
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From: Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o> |
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To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o |
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Subject: [gentoo-dev] xorg-x11-6.8.0-r4 needs testers |
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In -r4 (previously -r2), we've moved /usr/X11R6/lib to /usr/lib and |
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created a symlink. This obviously results in some significant changes. |
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6.8.0-r4 is hard-masked. It will take a little work to emerge. If you |
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can't figure out how to test it, I'd prefer that you don't test it for |
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now. |
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It adds some new USE flags that most of you will want to enable, |
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including: font-server, opengl, truetype-fonts, type1-fonts and xv. They |
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are all described in /usr/portage/profiles/use.* so I won't describe |
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them again. I will be adding most of these flags to the defaults in |
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profiles, with the possible exception of font-server. |
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Another USE flag that I'm pleased with is "minimal." It disables |
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building all of the sample clients, all of the fonts and many of the |
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drivers. A test install using this was 28MB, compared to 100MB-150MB for |
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a full-featured install. |
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The final new flag is uclibc, for people using a uclibc-based Gentoo |
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installation. |
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There are also a number of miscellaneous fixes, including bugs: |
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38549: Newport acceleration (MIPS machines) |
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70431: Fix Xnest segfaults |
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64929, 59746, 60131: Fix totem, kaffeine, gxine lockups |
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63767: Support Cherry CyMotion Master XPress and IBM Space Saver |
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keyboards |
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67845: Fix dual-monitor Radeon setups |
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68414: Build the Lucida 75dpi and 100dpi fonts |
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68726: Add xbox nvidia driver |
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fd.o 1501: Prevent libGL segfault when /dev/dri/card* are unreadable |
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64618: Fix unresolved symbol problems when using hardened and the |
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dlloader |
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Please file a bug at bugs.gentoo.org for each problem you encounter. |
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I'm unaware of any problems with the migration -r4 at present. However, |
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downgrading without uninstalling -r4 will result in any other versions |
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being installed to the symlinked /usr/X11R6/lib also. If anyone has a |
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good solution to this, please file a bug. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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