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On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 15:00:18 -0500 |
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Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I don't understand why the switch from xfree to xorg-x11 is a big |
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> deal. They are currently source and binary compatible. Almost |
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> everything (if not everything) works the same with xorg-x11 as it did |
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> with xfree. |
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Except that if you do something like this : |
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emerge sync; emerge -u world |
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cp -a /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/ssh /etc/pass* /etc/grou* /etc/shad* |
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/etc/conf.d /etc/pcmcia /etc/rc.conf /var/lib/portage/world /backup |
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reformat, unpack the -same- stage3, and then restore them... |
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oops. suddenly things don't work because even when they are binary |
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compatible, they aren't config compatible, and users should be able to |
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expect that if they install the same applications (face it, the world |
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file isn't likely to contain the xfree version, most likely it contains |
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mozilla, Gnome, KDE, xfce or other such thing that brought X in as a |
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dependency ) They will get them. We currently break reliability often, |
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which is a pretty bad thing. :-/ |
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only by actually doing things like this new profile, can we in fact |
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increase reliability. |
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Tortured users / Laughing in pain |
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See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. |
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