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This is to anyone with packages that install stuff to /usr/X11R6: |
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Get out of there! Put your stuff in /usr/{bin,lib,etc.}. The only |
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exceptions at this time are the X implementation itself and very closely |
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tied things such as openmotif/lesstif. |
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If you earnestly believe your pet app has a valid reason to be in |
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/usr/X11R6, please justify your reasoning to me. |
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Quick list of possible suspects, based on what I have installed: |
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(Packages with a * are excepted from this, at least for now) |
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groff and baselayout install weird symlinks. I'd prefer to see X doing |
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these, if they're actually necessary. People without X have no reason |
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for those symlinks to exist. |
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quasar fonts # qpkg -fp /usr/X11R6 -nc |
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media-libs/nas |
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net-irc/bitchx |
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sys-apps/baselayout |
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sys-apps/groff |
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sys-apps/pcmcia-cs |
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*x11-base/x11-drm |
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*x11-base/xfree-drm |
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*x11-base/xorg-x11 |
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*x11-libs/Xaw3d |
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*x11-libs/openmotif |
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x11-misc/ttmkfdir |
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x11-misc/xscreensaver |
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Thanks for your help, |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Gentoo Linux |
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