You wrote (in your message from Monday 5)
 > Can anyone confirm whether or not these are actually used after
 > they're installed?
 > 
 > ./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libafb.a
 > ./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/liblayer.a
 > ./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/librac.a
 > ./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libshadow.a
 > ./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libshadowfb.a
 > ./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxf1bpp.a
 > ./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxf24_32bpp.a
 > ./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxf4bpp.a
 > ./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxf8_16bpp.a
 > ./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxf8_32bpp.a
 > 
 > If not perhaps we shouldn't install them and remove them from the set
 > lists? xfree really isn't my thing so I don't know.

They are loaded by the XFree86 X server at runtime if the X server
needs on of them. 
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					Matthieu