The FAQ is intended for the average user.
The non-average user can understand what is there, and make different
choices.
People who compile X or the src tree are not average users, and should
create additional partitions to store that stuff.
The FAQ should *NOT* be changed to accomodate the non-
I noticed this problem too.
There is also a related problem with FAQ (and please forgive me for hijacking
the thread!): if someone follows these instructions to the letter, correcting
for the file hierarchy, of course, they can end up with no space in /usr.
Specifically,
a) By default, disklab
Hello,
until v6.2, xenocara.tar.gz contained a hierarchy whose top node was "xenocara",
which meant that it should be unpacked with CWD=/usr. Since v6.3 the "xenocara"
top node is gone, which means, if one follows these FAQ instructions:
> $ *cd /usr/src*
> $ *tar xzf /tmp/src.tar.gz*
> $ *tar xz
