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Re: difference between /usr/bin and /usr/X11R6/bin



*- On  5 Aug, Sami Dalouche wrote about "difference between /usr/bin and /usr/X11R6/bin"
> I don't understand the difference between these 2 directories.
> 
> Thinking logicaly, I could say that /usr/X11R6/bin is for the
> executables that need X and /usr/bin is for the others executables running
> under the console.
> But there are a lot of X programs under /usr/bin :
> ex. :

This is a running debate that has been popping up on debian-devel
and debian-policy.  Try searching the -devel and -policy mail archives
for X11R6 and you should get a good start.

-- 
Brian 
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