Add some text to the "Building XFree86" section to reflect the 4.6 and

later default of installing XFree86 4.X from packages (rather than a
customized tarball, as was the case for prior releases using XFree86
3.X).
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</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Building XFree86</title>
<title>Building <application>XFree86</application></title>
<para>XFree86 is an important component for many desktop users.
The easiest way to build XFree86 is to use the
<para><application>XFree86</application> is an important component for many desktop users.
Prior to FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE, releases used XFree86
3.<replaceable>X</replaceable> by default.
The easiest way to build these versions is to use the
<filename>src/release/scripts/X11/build_x.sh</filename> script.
This script requires that XFree86 and Tcl/Tk already be
installed on the build host. After compiling the necessary X
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<filename>XF86336</filename> directory of the installation
media.</para>
<para>Beginning with FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE, &man.sysinstall.8;
installs XFree86 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable> by default, as a
set of <quote>normal</quote> packages. These can either be the
packages generated by the package-building cluster or packages
built from an appropriately tagged ports tree.</para>
<note><para>It is important to remove any site-specific settings
from <filename>/etc/make.conf</filename>. For example, it would
be unwise to distribute binaries that were built on a system