Command explanations
make World 2>&1 | tee xfree-compile.log &&
: This command runs multiple makefiles to completely rebuild the system.
2>&1 redirects error messages to the same location
as normal output. The tee
command allows viewing of the output while logging the results to a file.
When rebuildng, a separate command that may be used if only minor changes
are made to the sources is make Everything. This does
not automatically remove generated files and only rebuilds those files or
programs that are out of date.
ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11,
ln -sf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11, and
ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11:
These commands are present to enable other (broken) packages to build
against XFree86. We do this even though the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
says:
"In general, software must not be installed or managed via the above
symbolic links. They are intended for utilization by users only."