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Do you really want to rebuild XFree86/OS2 from source? If so, here are
a few hints:
- You need about 250-300 MB of free HPFS space.
- You must have the complete EMX environment installed.
- You need most of the GNU utilities that are available from the
unix directory of hobbes.nmsu.edu.
- You need a GNU make 3.71 or 3.72, others often have obscure bugs.
You cannot use dmake, nmake, wmake, or other toy software as a
replacement.
- Install the X11R6.1 ``core'' distribution on some disk under a
directory like
\X11
, i.e.
\X11\xc\...
.
- Copy the cmd file
buildos2.cmd
from the directory
\X11\xc\config\util
to the top
directory \X11\xc
.
- Execute this script; this should recompile everything, thereby
producing a logfile
\X11\xc\buildxc.log
.
The process requires between 2 and 20 hours depending on your hardware.
Good luck!
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