Christopher Faylor wrote: > This wasn't entirely correct. The package name for XFree86-base > was "Xfree86-base". Also, I would prefer if packages that relied > on X were put in the XFree86 hierarchy.
Also, Trevor Forbes suggested that X-dependent programs should be compiled using --prefix=/usr/X11R6/ (and --sysconfdir=/etc/X11/ ?), as is common on unix systems... Volker Zell agreed. Nobody else responded. I kinda like it, but FHS has moved away from that; now on Red Hat systems it appears that ONLY those programs specifically part of XFree86 are included there -- or programs whose purpose is to manipulate XFree86 itself (like third-party Xconfigurators and such). Similarly, I don't like the restriction that all 'X'-based packages go under XFree86/ on sourceware. We don't put inetutils underneath ncurses/. We don't put openssh under openssl/. If you really want to segregate X apps, create another tree: Xopt/ or something (and give Harold "official" control of that tree, too). I think XFree86/ should be reserved for the XFree86 distribution itself. I'd like to see a definitive answer to both of these questions, tho, before we get too many X programs in the distribution... 1) --prefix=/usr/X11R6/ 2) packages uploaded under XFree86/ --Chuck
