docs/54676: [patch] clarify xfree86 installation

Josef El-Rayes j.el-rayes at daemon.li
Sun Jul 20 22:50:13 UTC 2003


>Number:         54676
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] clarify xfree86 installation
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          update
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jul 20 15:50:10 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Josef El-Rayes
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD daemon.li 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #7: Thu Jul 3 21:46:26 CEST 2003 shammer at daemon.li:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM i386


	
>Description:
	i just wanted to clarify that it is not necessary to use the XFree86
meta package to install XFree86, there are packages/ports for the different
parts.
	
>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:

	

--- chapter.sgml.diff begins here ---
--- chapter.sgml.orig	Sun Jul 20 23:25:13 2003
+++ chapter.sgml	Sun Jul 20 23:29:58 2003
@@ -318,6 +318,11 @@
     <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
 
+	<note><para>This will install the complete
+<application>XFree86</application>, including the
+servers, clients, fonts etc. There are also seperate packages and ports
+for the different parts of <application>XFree86</application>.</para></note>
+
     <para>The rest of this chapter will explain how to configure
       <application>XFree86</application>, and how to setup a productive desktop
       environment.</para>
--- chapter.sgml.diff ends here ---

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