Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2002/05/03/15:04:54
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> This wasn't entirely correct. The package name for XFree86-base
> was "Xfree86-base". Also, I would prefer if packages that relied
> on X were put in the XFree86 hierarchy.
Also, Trevor Forbes suggested that X-dependent programs should be
compiled using --prefix=/usr/X11R6/ (and --sysconfdir=/etc/X11/ ?), as
is common on unix systems...
Volker Zell agreed. Nobody else responded. I kinda like it, but FHS
has moved away from that; now on Red Hat systems it appears that ONLY
those programs specifically part of XFree86 are included there -- or
programs whose purpose is to manipulate XFree86 itself (like third-party
Xconfigurators and such).
Similarly, I don't like the restriction that all 'X'-based packages go
under XFree86/ on sourceware. We don't put inetutils underneath
ncurses/. We don't put openssh under openssl/.
If you really want to segregate X apps, create another tree: Xopt/ or
something (and give Harold "official" control of that tree, too). I
think XFree86/ should be reserved for the XFree86 distribution itself.
I'd like to see a definitive answer to both of these questions, tho,
before we get too many X programs in the distribution...
1) --prefix=/usr/X11R6/
2) packages uploaded under XFree86/
--Chuck
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