Re: Policy 3.0.0 and /usr/X11R6/man ?
Roland Rosenfeld <roland@spinnaker.de> writes:
> The problem here seems to be, that some people want to place all X
> dependent programs under /usr/X11R6 while others mean that only the
> X11 core should be under /usr/X11R6 and a third group wants to get rid
> of /usr/X11R6 which does not really fit into the remaining file system
> structure...
>
> So at least programs, which _can_ work without X11 (like timidity) are
> placed under /usr/bin...
I agree. This summary matches the current usage ;).
> As far as I can see /usr/X11R6 isn't no logical directory, but a
> historical one. It was there on all other Unix systems, so we keep
> using it (which makes porting software easier, because upstream
> sources will normally use /usr/X11R6, too). Don't ask me whether
> there isn't a /usr/X11R6/share or something like this, I fear this is
> based on historical reasons, too. But you should discuss this with
> the FHS folks on the FHS mailinglists...
Yes, maybe I will bug them some time...
Thanks,
Stephan
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