Jon Peatfield wrote: > Just a heads up re possible issue with building the new vnc rpms. > > In RHSA-2009-0261 TUV announces an updated VNC to fix a problem with the > vncviewer (which earlier they claimed didn't exist but...) > > I note that in the el 5.3 updates for xorg there is a vnc related > statement: > > RHBA-2009-0162 > > * the source code for the X server is now provided as a separate > subpackage. This allows vnc to build from this source rather than an > upstream source that has not been optimized for Red Hat Enterprise > Linux. Making this source code available separately ensures that vnc > on Red Hat Enterprise Linux takes advantage of bug fixes and > enhancements specific to the operating system. > > ... > > xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-48.52.el5.src.rpm > > I would guess that part of the delay in TUV getting the new vnc package > out was this work on the xorg setup. In any case it migth turn out that > the new xorg package is needed - at least to BUILD the new vnc rpms, and > possibly to use them as well. > > Not that I've actually looked at the vnc specfile yet - sine my local > mirror of the TUV SRPMS doesn't have the new vnc one in it yet... > > -- Jon > It built on SL5 without any trouble. It's still compiling on SL 4. Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI DSS Group __________________________________________________