Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)

[Denis]

Of course, I forget to attach the file to embarrass myself to the
end...  Great.  :-P

Here it is!

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Denis <denis.che@×××××.com> wrote:
>> I got around this block so far:  also masked >=x11-libs/libXext-1.0.5,
>>>=x11-libs/libX11-1.2, in addition to libxcb 1.4.
>
> Now I run into a bit of a problem:
>
> libX11-1.1.5 fails when compiled :-(
>
> I attached a build.log for this package...  Can anyone tell me if this
> is fixable?  Maybe some other package needs to be downgraded?
>
> The only reason why I am using 1.1.5 version is because libX11-1.2.*
> requires libxcb-1.2 and greater and I only have 1.1.90 as the highest
> before 1.4 (can I tweak the ebuild for libX11-1.2 and put xcb 1.1.90
> instead of 1.2 limitation?)...
>
> I would try libX11-1.1.4, but xorg-server-1.5.3 requires 1.1.5 and
> above...  maybe I could tweak this ebuild to accept 1.1.4 and see if
> that compiles?
>
> Any constructive thoughts appreciated!  :-)
>