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On Thursday 29 June 2006 17:41, Richard Fish wrote: |
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> On 6/29/06, Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > Is it not possible to install the CVS version to /usr/local/X11R6, and |
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> > then create a /etc/env.d/00X-cvs file to specify that |
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> > /usr/local/X11R6/bin should appear first in the path? |
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> Actually it looks like you would need to modify /etc/profile or your |
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> ~/.bashrc for this, but I think you get the idea. |
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Yeah. Again too many places to make changes, it doesn't lend itself to |
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swapping back & forth. Shame many other packages have the concept of multiple |
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versions. I'm not sure why X should be treated differently. |
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It was simple with the default X location. I guess the package maintainer |
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disagrees with me though. It was closed with a WONTFIX status. |
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