From: Marcus Sundberg <mackan@stacken.kth.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 13:55:51 +0000

Re: degas observations

Nathan Strong wrote:
> kgicon/README.install:
> 
> - The kernel configuration section is completely inadequate. Which items
>   exactly need to be chosen in 'make config'? What about 'make
>   menuconfig'? It'd also be good to reccomend here  that the "magic sysrq
>   key" option be enabled, "just in case."
> - I want to personally clobber whoever suggested the boneheaded idea of
>   building fbset *after* insmodding the KGI module. This should clearly be
>   done beforehand, because if something goes screwy during the insmod
>   (like, say, being stuck in 40x12 column mode *cough*), doing much of
>   anything becomes ostensibly difficult.

Good points.

> lib/*/INSTALL
> 
> Talk about your useless documentation. Why exactly should/shouldn't I  use
> any of the --disable/enable options?

If you don't know you shouldn't use any of them.
We should probably state that.

> What commands should be used to build the libraries?

./configure
make
make install
which is clearly stated in INSTALL.autoconf

> Which libraries absolutely need to be built?

None. Or all. Depending on what you want to achieve.
Anything special you have in mind?

> It'd also be nice to have a toplevel makefile in the lib/ directory that
> builds the "absolutely necessary" libraries.

Well CVS is for development, and if anyone feels that would help
development he's free to add the functionality, but then make sure
it works.

//Marcus
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