On 6 March 2012 20:38, <deeptec...@gmail.com> wrote: > Peter Maloney wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:41 PM, deeptech71 at gmail.com >> <deeptech71 at gmail.com> wrote: >> > X11R6 should be a symlink to local or ./local. >> >> Did you test this, by removing the link and creating it >> relative to see if there are any stupid side effects? > > No apparent side effects. And I can't even see why there would be any. In > both cases (X11R6 points to "/usr/local" vs X11R6 points to "local") > - "/usr/X11R6" resolves to the symlink, although > different symlink texts can be extracted; > - "/usr/X11R6/" resolves to the "local" directory in "/usr"; > - "/usr/X11R6/file123" resolves to "/usr/local/file123". > > TODO: Test whether purely removing X11R6 has any side effects.
Not hugely helpful, but I've discovered a few subtle bugs that miraculously disappear when X11R6 symlink was removed. I still miss it though, in a weird way... Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
