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From: dgreen@arnor.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: X11R4 Patches for IBM RS-6000 Workstation under AIX.
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Date: 22 Jan 91 21:38:34 GMT
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I created a patch to make X11R4 libraries and clients run on the
IBM RS-6000 workstation.  It is stored on expo.lcs.mit.edu,
in file ./contrib/ibm-rs6000.fix1.  It does several things:

  a. makes some library subroutines compile under AIX 3.1.
  b. fixes xterm and xload to run properly under AIX 3.1.
  c. puts libraries, bitmaps, applications defaults files, etc. under
     /usr/local, to allow coexistence with the official AIX X windows
     release.
  d. builds shared libraries, which substantially decreases the size of 
     clients.

There are a couple of patches which seem appropriate for the regular
release, such as a patch to search for bitmaps in $(INCDIR)/bitmaps
instead of a fixed /usr/include/bitmaps.

There is no server in this patch, but most applications run correctly
under the official AIX X windows server.

Regards,
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\  /Dan Greening	IBM T.J.Watson Research Center	 NY (914) 784-7861
 \/ dgreen@ibm.com	Yorktown Heights, NY 10598-0704	 CA (213) 825-2266