Re: What platforms work with X11_TYPE=native (Was: Advice sought: which X11 for NetBSD 5.* (going forward) ??)

[Francois Tigeot <ftigeot%wolfpond.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 07:58:37PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> If you use build X apps from pkgsrc please read on...
> 
> On 7 September 2011 18:38, Francois Tigeot <ftigeot%wolfpond.org@localhost> 
> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 05:38:34PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure if this is because /usr/X11R7 X is too old or for another 
> > reason,
> > but I've had more failures building and running LibreOffice with it than 
> > with
> > the pkgsrc version.
> >
> > Anyone wanting to run a desktop should use X11_TYPE=modular IMHO.
> 
> I think its "just" a matter of determining what X11_TYPE=native
> platforms are supported. If there is no-one willing and able to
> maintain a given platform then it should be set to modular.

If it wasn't clear, I was only talking about NetBSD.

I have had problems with the native X11 implementations from NetBSD 5.1
and various versions of 5.99.x

-- 
Francois Tigeot