virtual packages and X11 vs. X11R<specific_number>
Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>
> X Windows:
> ----------
> X11R5 XFree86 R5, including base system (obsolete)
> xR5shlib XFree86 R5 shared library only
> X11R6 XFree86 R6, including base system
> xR6shlib XFree86 R6 shared library only
> xlibraries XFree86 R6 shared library or stub library
> xserver Any X server (used by other X packages)
Would it make sense to further virtualize X11R5 and X11R6 and provide
a virtual X11 package for use as a dependency? If we don't do this,
what happens when X11R7 is released? Must all X11R6-dependent
packages be updated?
And, on a somewhat-related issue:
/usr/include/X11 -> ../X11R6/include/X11
/usr/bin/X11 -> ../X11R6/bin
/usr/lib/X11 -> ../X11R6/lib/X11
However
/usr/X11R6/lib doesn't appear to be the target of a symlink.
/usr/X11R6/lib contains X11 libraries needed at package build time.
How about something like
/usr/X11/lib -> /usr/X11R6/lib
to allow decoupling library-search paths from X11R6 specificity for
developers and maintainers of X11 packages.
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