On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:18:02PM -0600, Richard Rauch wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:20:43AM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 12:52:13PM -0600, Richard Rauch wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 04:37:44PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote:
> > >  [...]
> > > > cd src/x11
> > > > make build
> > > > make install DESTDIR=/
[...]
> > > Fourth...when I did the command as you had it above, I initially had a
> > > problem with an "install" command that was unable to find the tooldir-built
> > > "install" program.  (So maybe I had it 99% okay until I did a
> > > "sh build.sh tools" and retried the "make build"?)  That failure was not
> > > a signal, but was simply a "couldn't find .../nbinstall", so I did the
> > > obvious thing of updating my tools.)
> > 
> > Ok, forget it (Sorry, i didn't tested it :-(). Let's try the build.sh
> > way ...
> 
> ...okay.  By "forget it", do you mean that I should also reverse the changes
> you suggested to the Makefiles?  Or are they unimportant now, or still
> necessary?

Makefiles patches are still needed ... Just forget the way to build
XFree i previoulsy told you.

> > Here is what i'm currently using to upgrade my bi-Oteron box :
> > 
> > ./build.sh -Uu -m amd64 build
> 
> Do you need the "-m amd64" if you're building on an AMD64?  Or is
> that just as a habit?

Just a habit. This is not needed when building on an amd64 box; but i
use it a lot, on a 4-CPU i386 machine, to generate both i386/amd64
sets.

-- 
Nicolas Joly

Biological Software and Databanks.
Institut Pasteur, Paris.