Bug#191818: marked as done (xlibs: Broken /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults symlink)
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Subject: xlibs: Broken /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults symlink
From: Daniel Schepler <schepler@math.berkeley.edu>
Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 22:46:10 -0700
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Package: xlibs
Version: 4.2.1-6
Severity: normal
If I install xlibs in a chroot with only essential packages otherwise,
it creates a symlink /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults ->
/etc/X11/app-defaults, but the package does not make sure the target
directory exists.
(This is breaking builds of rsxs under pbuilder.)
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Versions of packages xlibs depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.1-17 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
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Subject: Re: Bug#191818: xlibs: Broken /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults symlink
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On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 10:46:10PM -0700, Daniel Schepler wrote:
> Package: xlibs
> Version: 4.2.1-6
> Severity: normal
>=20
> If I install xlibs in a chroot with only essential packages otherwise,
> it creates a symlink /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults ->
> /etc/X11/app-defaults, but the package does not make sure the target
> directory exists.
>=20
> (This is breaking builds of rsxs under pbuilder.)
In my assessement, this is not a bug.
Here's why:
* Application defaults are provided by X clients.
* The application defaults directory search path is defined inside the X
libraries (as I recall, it is only libXt -- the X Toolkit Instrinsics
-- that care about application defaults).
Thus:
* Because any xlibs-dependent package may provide app-defaults, and
xbase-clients might not be installed, this symlink cannot be provided
by xbase-clients instead;
* Because xlibs itself does not provide any app-defaults, there doesn't
seem to be much sense in shipping an empty directory;
* Because Xt-based X clients rely upon the underlying Xt library to find
out where their app-defaults are at runtime;
It makes sense to me to ship the symlink in the xlibs package, but not
to provide the target directory. That will be done by any package that
actually provides Xt application defaults.
Closing this bug.
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