Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:24:03 +0200 From: Dejan Lesjak <dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> To: ports@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: RFC: Merging X11BASE to LOCALBASE Message-ID: <200607130024.18047.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si>
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Hello,
There were a couple of debates already concerning /usr/X11R6 as prefix for =
X11=20
ports and a bunch of other ports that currently by default install there.=20
Quite some people were, when creating a new port that depends on X11,=20
wandering whether to put it in X11BASE or LOCALBASE. More than once a=20
question of whether the prefix /usr/X11R6 should be just dropped or at leas=
t=20
only retained for core X11 distribution. With the upcoming X.org 7.x ports=
=20
there is perhaps the opportunity to do the prefix merger along that.
Moving X11 prefix to LOCALBASE would simplify above dilemma. It would be al=
so=20
more similar to where linux distributions are going (at least Gentoo, Debia=
n=20
and Fedora deprecated /usr/X11R6 in favour of /usr which, while=20
not /usr/local is the location of where all packages install - depending on=
=20
X11 or not). If I remember correctly from previous discussions, it would be=
=20
more convenient to people with separate mounts for installed packages as=20
well. /usr/local is also the default value for --prefix configure option fo=
r=20
X.org packages.
So it is general intention to go with /usr/local or rather ${LOCALBASE} as=
=20
prefix for X11 ports. If anyone feels that this is horribly wrong, please=20
speak up.
On behalf of x11 team,
Dejan
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