Source files compiled. Why no loadable module?

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Date: 01/28/04 

Date: 28 Jan 2004 12:53:21 -0800

Dear experts,

I'm trying to upgrade xfree from 4.1, to 4.3. I
read the very long document, and did what it said.

Downloaded the source files and extracted them:

cd /tmp/xfree86/Source4.3.0

gzip -d < X430src-1.tgz | tar vxf -
gzip -d < X430src-2.tgz | tar vxf -
gzip -d < X430src-3.tgz | tar vxf -
gzip -d < X430src-4.tgz | tar vxf -
gzip -d < X430src-5.tgz | tar vxf -
gzip -d < X430src-6.tgz | tar vxf -
gzip -d < X430src-7.tgz | tar vxf -

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- created a host.def file

cd /tmp/xfree86/Source4.3.0/xc/config/cf
cp xf86site.def host.def

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- ran make

cd /tmp/xfree86/Source4.3.0/xc

time make World > World.log 2>&1 &

Building takes about 25 minutes.
Generates a 6-7 meg log file.

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>From xc/programs/Xserver, run:
        make Makefile
        make Makefiles
        make includes
        make depend
        make

pwd
/tmp/xfree86/Source4.3.0/xc/programs/Xserver

        make Makefile, etc.

...

                ../../lib/lbxutil/liblbxutil.a randr/librandr.a
render/librender.a hw/xnest/libxnest.a Xext/libext.a dbe/libdbe.a
record/librecord.a GL/glx/libglx.a
GL/mesa/GLcore/libGLcore.a XTrap/libxtrap.a os/libcwrapper.o
../../lib/font/libXfont.a -lfreetype dix/libxpstubs.a
-L../../exports/lib -lXext -lX11 -lz -lm
   -Wl,-rpath-link,../../exports/lib
+ mv -f Xvfb Xvfb.bak
gcc -o Xvfb -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -ansi -pedantic -Wall
-Wpointer-arith -Wundef -L../../exports/lib hw/vfb/stubs.o
hw/vfb/miinitext.o hw/vfb/dpmsstubs.o dix/libdix.a os/libos.a
../../exports/lib/libXau.a ../../exports/lib/libXdmcp.a
hw/vfb/libvfb.a fb/libfb.a mfb/libmfb.a dix/libxpstubs.a mi/libmi.a
Xext/libexts.a xkb/libxkb.a Xi/libxinput.a
lbx/liblbx.a
         ../../lib/lbxutil/liblbxutil.a randr/librandr.a
render/librender.a mi/libmi.a Xext/libext.a dbe/libdbe.a
record/librecord.a GL/glx/libglx.a
GL/mesa/GLcore/libGLcore.a XTrap/libxtrap.a os/libcwrapper.o
../../lib/font/libXfont.a -lfreetype dix/libxpstubs.a -lz -lm
   -Wl,-rpath-link,../../exports/lib

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I'm expecting to find the 4.3 module for xfree,
but I can't find anything:

rpm -qa | grep -i free

XFree86-libs-4.1.0-29
XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-29
XFree86-xdm-4.1.0-29
XFree86-devel-4.1.0-29
XFree86-compat-modules-3.3.6-43
freetype-2.0.3-7
XFree86-4.1.0-29
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-29
XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-29
XFree86-tools-4.1.0-29
freetype-devel-2.0.3-7
XFree86-doc-4.1.0-29
XFree86-xfs-4.1.0-29
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-29
XFree86-twm-4.1.0-29
XFree86-xf86cfg-4.1.0-29

find / -type f -name *.rpm | grep -i free
- nothing

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When I upgraded the kernel from source, I
got an rpm file, that I then installed. And
it worked.

But I can't find an rpm file, or anything for xfree 4.3.

What am I missing here? What is the big picture?
What are the commands?

Thanks

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