Xorg 7.5 and Openmotif applications.

[Robert Noland]

Alexey Shuvaev wrote:
> Hello list!
> 
> There seems to be a known/fixed bug in new xserver that leads to
> (many|all?) motif-based applications to malfunction:
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25400
> 
> There are already at least 2 PRs opened against individual ports:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=146383
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=146380
> 
> I think it is wrong to patch applications when the fault seems to be
> in the server. Now I am running patched xserver with the patch pulled
> from the upstream git master:
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=1c612acca8568fcdf9761d23f112adaf4d496f1b
> 
> I confirm that math/grace now works OK (PR 141383).
> I'll watch if the patch causes any side effects (nothing so far).
> What about dropping attached patch to x11-servers/xorg-server/files?
> 
> Cross-posting to ports@ as the bug already leaked in the individual
> ports' PRs.

Let's look at updating to 1.7.7 or 1.8.0.  I need to poke the commit 
logs for 1.7.7 and see if it is included.

robert.

> Thanks,
> Alexey.
> 
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