xorg-server on Macports (works with Tiger)

[Jeremy Huddleston]

I've been spending some time these past few weeks updating the x.org  
ports in Macports as well as pushing patches to get the latest X.org  
bits building on Tiger.  I'm proud to announce that the latest Xquartz  
code can now be built using macports (even on Tiger!!!).

To test this out, just do:

port install xorg-server # if you don't get version 1.4.2_apple27_2,  
resync in a bit and try again

then you can run the resulting /Applications/MacPorts/X11.app

For now, you will still need your existing X11 installation (there are  
no xorg font packages in portage yet, so I'm using fonts out of $ 
{x11prefix}), but I hope to start adding font packages in the near  
future to eliminate this dependency.

Notes / Cavaets:
If you're on Tiger, you should disable the pasteboard proxying in X11- 
 >Preferences->Clipboard or xpbproxy and quartz-wm will fight with  
each other.  If you're on Leopard, I recommend you install  
Xquartz-2.3.2_rc3 or later first in order to get the latest quartz-wm  
(otherwise, you'll be in the same boat as the Tiger folks with the  
outdated quartz-wm).

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I'd like to get some feedback from other devs about this before  
mentioning it to users.  The one big "gotcha" is an issue that results  
when there's a mixture of xorg-bits in Macports and Tiger-X11 bits in / 
usr/X11R6...

http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17558