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All, |
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In case you have not noticed, X-modular (xorg-x11-7.1 and some |
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corresponding virtuals: glu, glut, opengl, xft, and x11) are now all |
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stable on sparc and in sync with each other. Please report problems as |
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normal bugs and link them as blockers for Bug 111361 (this is a general |
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tracker for X-modular on sparc, and the cross link just makes |
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bookkeeping a bit easier). |
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At this instant, xorg-x11-7.1 should be in sync with the release on |
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x86 (i.e., as part of a general cleanup and effort to establish a |
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baseline, we have resolved the known x86/sparc "imlate" discrepancies). |
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If you are running xorg-x11-6.8.2-r8 and are suddenly confronted with |
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a huge update to 7.1 but do not wish to convert blind, you should be |
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able to mask the upgrade in your /etc/portage/package.mask file, thus: |
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>=x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0 |
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But do not depend on this forever, because the xorg-x11-6.8.2 group will |
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disappear at some point (and if you happen to be using 6.9.0, long term |
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that is probably not a good strategy either). |
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Questions, comments, clarifications, etc. welcome as always. |
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Regards, |
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Ferris |
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) |
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