Subject: Re: gtk+ being installed in /usr/X11R6 under current pkgsrc
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Peter Bex <Peter.Bex@student.kun.nl>
List: current-users
Date: 01/16/2003 23:49:21
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On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 05:04:22PM -0500, Eric Gillespie wrote:
> pkgsrc crams all packages that use X into /usr/X11R6 by default,
> regardless of whether the package actually needs to go there or
> even installs there by default.  I do not know why.
>=20
=2E
=2E
> I do not know why this is not the default.

Hm.. I don't think it's good practice to strictly separate packages from
the system only to ``forget'' that when installing some packages.
IMHO, this should be changed unless there's a very good reason for it.
=20
Peter
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