On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 01:24:48PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: | | Luke Mewburn <lukem%netbsd.org@localhost> writes: | > The files & directories that were moved have _NOT_ been marked | > `obsolete', as they contain user configuration and therefore we | > don't want the automatic "obsolete file removal" mechanism to | > remove them. | | Could a list of things that are obsolete be installed in that | directory, though, so that people who look at the dir in the future | know what isn't used any longer? postinstall warns you about the directories in question (although it doesn't actually migrate or remove them), which should suffice. | > * The xdm pixmaps have have been moved to /usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps | > where the other pixmaps are. | > (I don't consider these pictures end-user configuration). | | Actually, they are. Many sites will add images to localize the login | screens. I do this myself. It would be nice if, at the very least, you | could pop an image into /etc/X11/pixmaps or some such for local use. I use a local image as well. However, I don't overwrite XFree86.xpm. Instead, I provide my own (e.g, "NetBSD.xpm") and change the 'xlogin*logoFileName' resource in /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources. Cheers, Luke.
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