Bug#89815: tetex-bin: xdvi et al should be in /usr/bin

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 09:23:30AM +0100, Christoph Martin wrote:
> Julian Gilbey writes:
>  > Package: tetex-bin
>  > Version: 1.0.7+20000807-8
>  > 
>  > The xdvi binaries and corresponding manpages should be installed in
>  > /usr/bin and /usr/share/man, not in the /usr/X11R6 tree.
> 
> Why is that?
> 
> I had to move it into /usr/X11R6 about two years ago, because policy
> said (as far as I remember) that X11 binaries should go into
> /usr/X11R6.

Section 12.8 of current policy.  Was changed with the new XFree86 4.0
release.

   Julian

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