Re: /usr/X11R6 [a suggestion]
On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Wait. Three cases:
[... snip ...]
> It makes sense to me. Then if you are not running X, you can remove
> /usr/X11R6/bin from your PATH.
Zactly. Keeps your path (and in the case of tcsh or
bash, your hashed-list-of-commands-in-path) from becoming cluttered.
Also, consider:
Let's say I have two machines, one running X, and one not, and
a fileserver. I can nfs-export (assuming configs are the same, etc)
/usr/X11* to the machine running X, and get ALL the programs that run
under X11. In the same way, by *not* exporting /usr/X11* to the other
machine, I've also managed to keep *ALL* programs that require X off it.
Whereas if X11 programs are scattered all through the tree, I have to nfs
a bunch of little directories, keep all the symlinks updated, etc. - a
pain.
Will
harpo@udel.edu
lowe@cis.udel.edu
http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/
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