Hi All,
Do we really need X linked statically anymore? Are there any distros
that don't ship dynamic copies? By requiring static X, we're basically
requiring GLIBC_2.3 or 2.4 (depending on what's on the system).

I've tried building copies with apbuild, but building Xorg isn't
apparently an easy task. I tried grabbing some old libraries out of
Slack 8.1 (the last one to come with GLIBC 2.2), but Qt wouldn't
compile because XRRSelectInput() and XRRUpdateConfiguration() are
missing from xfree86 4.2.1. I don't think the approach of stealing
libs from older systems will work--they're too old.

I think that dynamically linking X by default would probably be a good
idea... Also, what about bumping up to allows GLIBC_2.3 symbols? It
was released way back in late 2002. While admittedly breaking support
for older distros is something to be avoided--does any software
released today even work on 5 year old distros (Gnome 1.x, KDE 2.x)?

Thoughts?
-Taj

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