On Sun, Mar 21, 1999 at 09:14:32AM +1100, Gus wrote: > i've got an X program that i'm packaging.. at present it only has an X > interface, but that will change in later versions.. > > debmake decided to run configure --prefix=/usr, should i add a > --bindir=/usr/bin/X11 argument to it? > > (or should i use /usr/X11/bin ?)
No, you should use /usr/bin. The reason is following: * You don't need to do changes if later mutliple frontends are available. * /usr/X11R6 is reserved for X server stuff, like servers, window-managers, and things that come with X distribution. It should not be used for X applications or clients. Unfortunately, this is not handled in a common and consistent way, but quite a lot people prefer /usr/bin/ even for the X server stuff, too. I don't want to argue about it, but it really makes sense for X applications which don't come with the X distribution to stay in /usr/bin. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
