Roland Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The problem here seems to be, that some people want to place all X > dependent programs under /usr/X11R6 while others mean that only the > X11 core should be under /usr/X11R6 and a third group wants to get rid > of /usr/X11R6 which does not really fit into the remaining file system > structure... > > So at least programs, which _can_ work without X11 (like timidity) are > placed under /usr/bin...
I agree. This summary matches the current usage ;). > As far as I can see /usr/X11R6 isn't no logical directory, but a > historical one. It was there on all other Unix systems, so we keep > using it (which makes porting software easier, because upstream > sources will normally use /usr/X11R6, too). Don't ask me whether > there isn't a /usr/X11R6/share or something like this, I fear this is > based on historical reasons, too. But you should discuss this with > the FHS folks on the FHS mailinglists... Yes, maybe I will bug them some time... Thanks, Stephan -- s-Stephan A Suerken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> s-Voice (+49) (6241) 92566-2 -- WWW http://www.fh-worms.de/~inf222 s-Debian-related mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
