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2. Configuring the source before building

In most cases it shouldn't be necessary to configure anything before building.

If you do want to make configuration changes, it is recommended that you start by going to the xc/config/cf directory, and copying the file xf86site.def to host.def. Then read through the host.def file (which is heavily commented), and set any parameters that you want for your configuration. You can usually find out what the default settings are by checking the .cf file(s) relevant to your OS.

A general rule to follow is to only change things that you understand and have a good reason to change. It is easy to create build problems by changing the default configuration. Many of the configuration parameters are documented in xc/config/cf/README.

If you are using just the X430src-1.tgz, X430src-2.tgz and X430src-3.tgz parts of the source dist, you will need to define BuildFonts to NO.


Building XFree86 from a Source Distribution : Configuring the source before building
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