Re: Changing default X11_TYPE from native to modular for some platforms (Was: What platforms work with X11_TYPE=native)

[David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 13 September 2011 13:29, Marc Balmer <mbalmer%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> Am 13.09.11 14:23, schrieb David Brownlee:
>> On 13 September 2011 13:01, Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost> 
>> wrote:
>>> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 05:30:02PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
>>>> Changed - older versions switched from native to modular
>>>> - NetBSD - native for NetBSD-4 and later
>>>
>>> Does this mean that I can no longer use binary packages that are compiled
>>> against native X.org? If so, please fix that first.
>>
>> You can absolutely continue to use existing binary packages. What has
>> changed is any new source builds will build against modular X11 libs &
>> dependencies.
>
> Wait a moment!  Does that mean that packages that use X11 that I build
> on my own machines will no longer use native X?

If you use NetBSD-4 or earlier, and do not set X11_TYPE, yes.

This does not affect NetBSD-5 or later,