Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 21:48:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: Should I worry about having many X11 symlinks Message-ID: <20021009204146.L35021-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <20021008064142.GL81796@vectors.cx>
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On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Adam Weinberger wrote: > PL> # find /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ -type l | xargs ls -al | grep -v \/doc\/html\/ > don't need to escape those forward slashes, fwiw. I suppose not, only if [grep -v something filename] were the case, huh. > PL> `pkg_add -r wrapper` failed the first try because of an error about > PL> /etc/X11/xserver/ServerPolicy or something like that. > i hope that wasn't a request for help on that... It was. And further explanation follows... > PL> A pkg_deinstall then a `pkg_add -rf` fixed wrapper fine > uhm. if that worked, are you sure the original error wasn't "this > package is already installed?" Yes I'm sure. The pkg_add choked because there was a symlink in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ that pointed to a non-existent directory and file in /etc/X11/ After I did a `mkdir /etc/X11/whateverITwas` and `touch /etc/X11/whateverITwas/ServerPolicy` to create the file, the pkg_add worked. > PL> but should these symlinks be migrated one way (/usr/X11R6/...) or the other (/etc/X11/..)? ln -s thanks help\! > i have no idea what that question means. all the links you provided > linked from /usr/X11R6/lib/something to /etc/X11/something. how does one > migrate a symlink? and what does this have to do with the wrapper package? > -Adam What I meant by "migrated" is, isn't there a way to change completely from /usr/X11R6 etc etc and standardize on /etc/X11? Or at least find out what smallish files could go in /etc/X11 (backed up when upgrading in the future) and which files I could put in /usr/local/bin/X11/ or something like that... Now I guess I'm not sure what I'm asking. I have a lot of symlinks in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ that point to things that don't exist. What must be done, a reinstall of XFree86? Gnome2.0? -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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