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- Subject: Re: [AD] disable linux console port by default?
- From: Shawn Walker <binarycrusader@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 18:07:46 -0500
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On 8/3/05, Peter Wang <tjaden@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2005-08-03, Serge Semashko <serge@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Peter Wang wrote:
> >
> > >A recent message on [AL] reminded me of an idea. We have gotten quite a
> > >few reports from people over the years who've built Allegro without X11
> > >support by accident due to missing X development libraries. I wonder if
> > >it's time for us to just disable the linux console port by default now.
> >
> > I only hope you are not going to completely drop support for framebuffer
> > console.
>
> You would still have access to the Linux console port with
> ./configure --enable-linux.
I'd say go for it personally. I always disable console support in all
my Allegro builds because my aps have X dependencies anyway. The
console is a passing legend...
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Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
binarycrusader@xxxxxxxxxx - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/