Re: Distribution for 'techies'

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From: Nicolai P Guba
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:00

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"GS" == Graham Swallow <gps@trix.dircon.co.uk> writes:

 >>  Why? X11 is a very easy thing to configure and compile. I wouldn't want
 >>  to put a distribution together myself, and would certainly shy away from
 >>  writing all the boot scripts etc, but I compiled my X from source.

 GS>  Exactly, if ./configure && make install works, then it's a
 GS>  large pre-assembled (self inflating) component. 

Huh?  Does XFree nowadays distribute their packages with GNU autoconf
(./configure)?

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