Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 18:34:12 +1100 From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local Message-ID: <19981028183412.N21468@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199810280722.XAA04292@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from Satoshi Asami on Tue, Oct 27, 1998 at 11:22:39PM -0800 References: <199810280722.XAA04292@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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On Tue, Oct 27, 1998 at 11:22:39PM -0800, Satoshi Asami wrote: >What do you think about adding a new font directory (shipped empty) >where applications can install fonts? Right now ports that install >fonts either have to create their own directory (leaving it to the >user to edit /etc/XF86Config or add it to their private font path by >xset +fp) or stuff it in misc (getting it all mixed up with what the >system ships). > >Most ports put them in misc and run mkfontdir themselves, but >the fonts.alias file might get overwritten when X is upgraded. (I >haven't tested this myself---I always install it in a separate >directory and build a symlink tree. Please correct me if it does >something more sophisticated like trying to merge the new aliases with >existing ones.) No it doesn't do anything clever. >All the problems could be solved if XFree86 ships with an empty font >directory (say, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local) where ports can >install whatever they want. That way the users don't have to worry >about editing /etc/XF86Config and ports don't have to worry about >fonts.alias getting overwritten. The XFree86 distribution can include >no fonts.alias and run mkfontdir upon installation (to make sure a >fonts.dir exists). > >This also makes it easier for people to see exactly what came with the >distribution and what are add-ons. > >What do you think? That sounds OK to me. I'll run it by our devel team and see what their reaction is. We should be finalising our 3.3.3 release fairly soon so we might be able to do it in that. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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