Re: RFS: ITP: crystalcursors -- X11 mouse theme with the crystal
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 07:41:13PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote:
> Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 06:19:15PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote:
>
> >> W: crystalcursors: packages-installs-file-to-usr-x11r6
> >> usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/crystalwhiteleft_nonanim/
> >>
> >> but I guess it's OK -- because these are cursors and they have to be
> >> installed in this directory.
> > My understanding is otherwise:
> >
> http://lintian.debian.org/reports/Tpackages-installs-file-to-usr-x11r6.html
> > | packages-installs-file-to-usr-x11r6
> > | Packages using the X Window System should not be configured to install
> > | files under the /usr/X11R6/ directory unless they use imake. The
> > | /usr/X11R6/ directory hierarchy should be regarded as deprecated for
> > | all packages except the X Window System itself.
> >
> > | Programs that use GNU autoconf and automake are usually easily
> > | configured at compile time to use /usr/ instead of /usr/X11R6/, and
> > | this should be done whenever possible.
> >
> > | Refer to Policy Manual, section 11.8.7 for details.
> >
> > Could you test and see if it works if you use /usr/ instead?
> >
> > I'm no X11 expert, but I tend to believe that lintian/policy know what
> > they're doing.
>
> I think in this special case this warning can be ignored, since all other
> mousecursors on my system are installed in the very same dir. BTW I've seen
> that other packages [1] which provide cursors have this warning too.
$ ls -l /usr/lib/X11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jun 8 22:26 /usr/lib/X11 -> ../X11R6/lib/X11
Its the "same" directory. Are you sure that they are actually
installed to /usr/X11R6/, and not just because the symlink points
there? What packages?
Justin
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