[Xquartz-dev] 2.4.1_alpha1 for SnowLeopard

[Pelle Johansson]

Hi Jeremy,

Sounds great.
Just so I don't do something stupid, could you detail the configure  
options needed to replicate this setup when building from source (for  
xserver)? Perhaps an update to the wiki could be in order? :)
-- 
Pelle Johansson

17 sep 2009 kl. 03.47 skrev Jeremy Huddleston:

> So, I finally resolved my build issues.  Here's 2.4.1_alpha1 for  
> SnowLeopard.
>
> It makes that ptty resize option on by default to workaround the bug  
> in xterm/ptty.
> It installs in /opt/X11, /Library/Launch*, /Applications/Utilities/ 
> XQuartz.app
>
> This release is the first to allow differnt X11 servers to "own"  
> $DISPLAY.  You can pick which X11 server will actually "own" it by  
> disabling the others' startx LaunchAgents.  You will notice (after  
> logout/login) that $DISPLAY now has "org.macosforge.xquartz" in its  
> filename which identifies XQuartz.app as the owner.
>
> That being said, SL's X11 assumes that it owns $DISPLAY.  If you run  
> X11.app while it's not the owner, it will actually trigger  
> XQuartz.app to start and wait forever for its own startup  
> notification.  Hopefully I can get X11 a SoftwareUpdate in a future  
> dot release of OSX to update this (or you can do it on your own by  
> copying over a new X11.bin into X11.app).
>
> X11 servers that don't "own" DISPLAY will unset DISPLAY and their  
> children will continue to use the traditional DISPLAY values (":1",  
> ":2", etc).
>
> I did not update the release notes in the .pkg, so you'll need to  
> check the site for a full changelog:
>
> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/ChangeLog
>
> Here's the dmg:
>
> http://static.macosforge.org/xquartz/downloads/SL/X11-2.4.1_alpha1.dmg
>
> Note:
> X11 alpha/beta updates will only be released for SL.  rcs will be  
> rolled for both Leo and SL.  It's just not worth the extra overhead.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>
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