Subject: Re: unused? modules could be removed from set lists.
To: Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@laas.fr>
From: Tyler Retzlaff <rtr@netbsd.org>
List: tech-x11
Date: 01/05/2004 19:43:20
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 08:52:05AM +0100, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> 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. 

I suspected if any reason that would be it.

Thanks

> -- 
> 					Matthieu

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