On Thursday 01 August 2002 21:54, joerch wrote:
> hi
>
> another question about the i386pkg isos.
>
> is it necessary to have xfree 4.2 installed, i think
> yes, but i am not sure.

it is only necessary to have X installed if the packages you are installing 
require it.  for example, if you are installing samba or latex,  you do not 
need X.  if you are installing kde3, however, you need the X headers and 
libraries.

> if yes, are there great differences between the binaries
> at www.xfree.org, all i see is "for netbsd 1.5", or does
> it not matter, because 1.5.3 is "only a patch release".

nope, the binaries from xfree86.org work just fine.  i've been running them on 
1.5.2, 1.5.3, and -current for several months now

> am i right in saying, if there are binaries for a major
> release, eg. 1.5, they work with all "patch releases" of
> that major release ?
yes.

--joe