On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 11:13:34AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip"):
> > Daniel Stone writes ("Re: Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip"):
> > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 05:41:28PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > > > /usr/bin/X11 is a bit tricky. I think the right answer is to have
> > > > some preinst move all of the binaries from /usr/bin/X11 to /usr/bin
> > > > and then sort out the links but this should be done with care. There
> > > > should be no need for any Conflicts.
> > >
> > > Happily mangling binaries from other packages? Ugh.
> >
> > I think that the results would be correct. How about I do some tests
> > and get back to you ?
>
> I was thinking about this and discussing it in the pub with some
> people and came to the following question: why do we mind if some
> binaries are in /usr/bin/X11 and some in /usr/bin, halfway through the
> transition ?
>
> Ie, why not just keep /usr/bin/X11 around until it vanishes ? There's
> no need for it to be a symlink; you just keep both directories on the
> path.
Some people have hardcoded /usr/bin/X11/xauth, et al. As I'm reading
the FHS, it must continue to work.
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