Andrew Benton wrote these words on 01/09/06 11:48 CST: > Is this the way BLFS is going to implement xorg 7? > Why is ed-0.2 listed as a required dependency? I haven't installed ed > and (for what it's worth) xorg 7 is working fine for me. This seems to > suggest that ed is not `required'. > Why is mesa-6.4.1 not listed as a required dependency? > Why is X installed into /usr/X11R6? It only makes sense to install > packages into their own folder to make it easy to remove them, but X is > such a fundamental application, doesn't it make more sense to install it > into /usr? > We don't go into the commands needed to download the source for other > packages. Why give instructions on how to use wget on the xorg page?
I agree with everything Andy says, except installing into /usr. The default should be the expected method and location. Installing into /usr should be the reader's option to change from the default. If he wants to stray from the default, great, "Your Distro, Your Rules". -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 11:48:00 up 106 days, 21:12, 3 users, load average: 0.07, 0.05, 0.16 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
