+++ Bernard Lang [2004-04-16 00:05:22]:
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 11:40:44PM +0530, Kingsly John wrote:
> > +++ Bernard Lang [2004-04-15 16:43:57]:
> >
> > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 09:57:12AM +0200, stu wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:57:17 +0200
> > > > Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang_at_inria.fr> wrote:
> > >
> > > My point was not adressed to you personnally
> > > It is just that 2.5 has been in the works quite a long time, and
> > > there is no end in sight.
> >
> > I've been using the 2.5 series for nearly 2 years now.. and have probably had
> > a handful of crashes so far.
> >
> > > Since it is considered unstable, it is not packaged for many
> > > distrib, including the one I use (Mandrake). Though someone gave me
> > > some brief instructions, it was not precise enough for me to follow.
> >
> > Does Mandrake still ship fvwm ?
>
> no ... I do not know why
> ... and I would like them to ... they might if 2.6 comes out
>
>
> > > I just cannot afford the time to guess how I am supposed to compile
> > > things, with the right environment. I do other things to contribute
> > > to free software, and any time I spend on this is essentially wasted
> > > (since it is of use only to myself).
> >
> > Whats wrong with these binary rpms here ?
> >
> > http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=fvwm
>
> All those intended for Mandrake seem to be version 1.24
>
> I have not tried these ... aren't they old versions
>
> > Have you even bothered to try
> >
> > rpmbuild -ta fvwm-2.5.10.tar.gz
>
> no because no one suggested it to me, and I have never done it.
>
> Now, will that build a package that runs with Mandrake, if done in my
> Mandrake environment ?
yes it should build one.
Ditto with the ones on rpmfind.. just get the source rpm and compile for your
machine... if it compiles on your machine it will definitely run fine!
rpmbuild --rebuild blah-foo.src.rpm
Kingsly
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Received on Fri Apr 16 2004 - 01:51:33 BST