Re: /usr/X11R6
Hi,
>>"David" == David Engel <dlengel@home.com> writes:
David> On Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 12:20:38PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Such a move would, in fact, break section 4.1 of the FSSNTD,
>> and would also violate the FHS.
David> I don't think so! IMHO, the key phrase in that section is
David> "This hierarchy [/usr/X11R6] is reserved for the X Window
David> System, version 11 release 6, and related files". My
David> intepreation of this phrase is that nothing except X11R6 may
David> use that directory -- not that X11R6 must use it.
I think that is stretching it. And, apart from making us very
different from all other X installations, what actual benefit does it
serve? (All I have seen is that this is a cool idea).
manoj
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