Re: CVS commit: src/etc/mtree

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>]

Quentin Garnier <cube%cubidou.net@localhost> writes:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:36:21AM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>> 
>> "Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost> writes:
>> >> Installing in /usr/X11R7 where it belongs would mean least
>> >> disruption I think (i.e., you could keep the /usr/X11R6 tree until
>> >> you have your packages fully updated).
>> >
>> > Another possibility would be to switch to /usr/X11 and then it would
>> > never need to get updated again.
>> 
>> Yet another possibility: why not just install the libraries in
>> /usr/lib, the binaries in /usr/bin, etc? Perhaps the whole /usr/X11R?
>> thing is an "onion".
>
> I don't have a very strong opinion about this, but I like all the X
> stuff to be whackable easily and kept out of root's $PATH and stuff
> like that.

That's easily arranged -- at worst, you can just

cat /etc/mtree/set.x* | awk '{print $1}' | xargs rm

and it will vanish, whether it is in its own directory or not.

> I still prefer X11R7.

Unfortunately, my feelings aren't very strong either.

(BTW, if one went with /usr/X11, arguably /usr/X/ would be just as
good...)

Perry