12 Rebuilding the XFree86 Distribution

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Do you really want to rebuild XFree86/OS2 from source? If so, here are a few hints:

  1. You need about 250-300 MB of free HPFS space.
  2. You must have the complete EMX environment installed.
  3. You need most of the GNU utilities that are available from the unix directory of hobbes.nmsu.edu.
  4. 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.
  5. Install the X11R6.1 ``core'' distribution on some disk under a directory like \X11, i.e. \X11\xc\....
  6. Copy the cmd file buildos2.cmd from the directory \X11\xc\config\util to the top directory \X11\xc.
  7. 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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