Re: xorg xkb map location

[Bernd Ernesti <netbsd%lists.veego.de@localhost>]

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 09:57:16PM +1000, Tyler Retzlaff wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> There is an open pr 30982 a change request to store xkb maps under /var
> instead of under /usr/X11R{6,7}/lib/X11/xkb/ since we are tinkering with
> xorg I think this might be the right time to make this change.
> 
> 1. Any objections to storing them under /var?
> 2. What path under /var would be most reasonable?

The complete xkb directory or only the compiled directory under it?

The 'original' XFree86 use symlinks for a few directories (including xkb) in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11 pointing them to /etc/X11
And then one symlink for /etc/X11/xkb/compiled to /var/db/xkb/compiled

IMHO there is no need to move all files into /var

: ls -la /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/
total 222
drwxr-xr-x  10 root  wheel   1024 Apr 23  2006 .
drwxr-xr-x   5 root  wheel   5120 Apr 23  2006 ..
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  58780 Apr 23  2006 Cards
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  14194 Apr 23  2006 Options
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  36321 Apr 23  2006 XErrorDB
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  17609 Apr 23  2006 XF86Config.98
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  20015 Apr 23  2006 XF86Config.eg
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  10357 Apr 23  2006 XF86Config.indy
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel   8240 Apr 23  2006 XKeysymDB
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel   1736 Apr 23  2006 Xcms.txt
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     32 Apr 23  2006 app-defaults -> 
../../../../etc/X11/app-defaults
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel   2560 Apr 23  2006 config
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel   1024 Apr 23  2006 doc
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel    512 Apr 23  2006 etc
drwxr-xr-x  13 root  wheel    512 Apr 23  2006 fonts
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     22 Apr 23  2006 fs -> ../../../../etc/X11/fs
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel    512 Apr 23  2006 getconfig
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     28 Apr 23  2006 lbxproxy -> 
../../../../etc/X11/lbxproxy
drwxr-xr-x  55 root  wheel   1536 Apr 23  2006 locale
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     29 Apr 23  2006 proxymngr -> 
../../../../etc/X11/proxymngr
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  14862 Apr 23  2006 rgb.txt
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     26 Apr 23  2006 rstart -> 
../../../../etc/X11/rstart
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     23 Apr 23  2006 twm -> ../../../../etc/X11/twm
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel    512 Apr 23  2006 x11perfcomp
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     23 Apr 23  2006 xdm -> ../../../../etc/X11/xdm
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel    512 Apr 23  2006 xedit
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     25 Apr 23  2006 xinit -> 
../../../../etc/X11/xinit
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     23 Apr 23  2006 xkb -> ../../../../etc/X11/xkb
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel   8395 Apr 23  2006 xman.help
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     27 Apr 23  2006 xserver -> 
../../../../etc/X11/xserver
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     23 Apr 23  2006 xsm -> ../../../../etc/X11/xsm

> ls -la /etc/X11/xkb/
total 289
drwxr-xr-x  10 root  wheel     512 Apr 23  2006 .
drwxr-xr-x  13 root  wheel     512 Apr 23  2006 ..
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel     983 Apr 23  2006 README
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel    7528 Apr 23  2006 README.config
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel   23350 Apr 23  2006 README.enhancing
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     512 Apr 23  2006 compat
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel     689 Apr 23  2006 compat.dir
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel      19 Nov 13  2005 compiled -> ../../../var/db/xkb
drwxr-xr-x   5 root  wheel     512 Apr 23  2006 geometry
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel    2001 Apr 23  2006 geometry.dir
drwxr-xr-x   4 root  wheel     512 Apr 23  2006 keycodes
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel    2217 Apr 23  2006 keycodes.dir
drwxr-xr-x   5 root  wheel     512 Apr 23  2006 keymap
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel    8576 Apr 23  2006 keymap.dir
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     512 Apr 23  2006 rules
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     512 Apr 23  2006 semantics
drwxr-xr-x  12 root  wheel    2048 Apr 23  2006 symbols
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel   29741 Apr 23  2006 symbols.dir
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     512 Apr 23  2006 types
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel     463 Apr 23  2006 types.dir
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  189468 Apr 23  2006 xkbcomp

Bernd