Re: /usr/X11R6
Hi,
>>"David" == David Engel <dlengel@home.com> writes:
David> First, if you're really experimenting, you should put things in an
David> experimental location while you're testing them. You should move
David> things to production locations only after you're satisfied with them.
David> Those of us who mess with test libc's do this all the time.
Works for small scale tests, yes. When we moved from X10 to
X11, the group migrated over the course of years. Putting things in
substantially different locations means things are more likely to
break when one make it the default; also, unrolling is a lot harder.
David> Second, multiple versions of X can coexist just fine in the same
David> hierarchy. It's no coincidence that the directories under /usr/X11R*
David> exactly mirror those under /usr and that the parts that might conflict
David> with other versions of X are in X11-specific directories
David> (e.g. .../include/X11 and .../lib/X11). Give the people who laid out
David> the hierarchy -- they knew what they were doing.
So tell me, how do R6, R7, and R8 live together? They are all
X11, you know. Give the people who laid out the hierarchy -- they
knew what they were doing. And they specified /usr/X11R6.
manoj
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