Re: libglx requires new symbol in loader (Was: problem with binary dri snapshots)

[Felix <fx...@gm...>]

Am Freitag, den 24.03.2006, 20:45 -0500 schrieb Adam Jackson:
> On Thursday 23 March 2006 11:33, Felix K=C3=BChling wrote:
> > It looks like adding indirect acceleration added a new function to th=
e
> > loader that is used by libglx.so. So the new libglx won't work with
> > older Xservers and I will have to build a new Xserver binary for
> > snapshots/extras or add the Xserver to the snapshots. Yay!
> >
> > The problem with that is that the default ModulePath, RgbPath etc. I
> > build with will only work with either one of Xorg 6.9 or 7.0, but not
> > both. Hmm ... testing the latest and greatest stuff is getting messie=
r.
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> Why won't it work with both?

Does the --with-module-dir option of the Xserver's configure script
allow a list of directories? My understanding is that all the
--with-...-dir and --with-...-path options allow only a single
directory. So I can either configure it to work out of the box with the
default Xorg 7.0 installation paths (/usr/lib/xorg/...) or with the Xorg
6.9 paths (/usr/X11R6/lib/...). So half the users will have to modify
their configuration file to find the modules etc. in their standard
locations.

I'd like to maintain the current convention that the snapshots include
everything needed to run the latest drivers on the last Xorg release.
That means I'd have to include the Xserver in the common package. Two
binaries that only differ by a few search paths would be a great waste
of bandwidth. Therefore I'm considering binary patching of the server
binary at installation time.

Regards,
  Felix

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> I see this as an argument for more frequent server releases though.  Se=
rver=20
> development seems to be grinding out at a pace that wants more frequent=
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> releases than the biannual Xorg rollups.  I plan to address this at lea=
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> partially by starting doing upstream server snapshots again; I'm open t=
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> suggestions on whether we should do something more formal.
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> - ajax

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