Re: CVS commit: src/etc/mtree

[Greg Troxel <gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost>]

Quentin Garnier <cube%cubidou.net@localhost> writes:

> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:27:46AM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>> 
>> matthew green <mrg%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
>> 
>> > Log Message:
>> > add several new subdirs to /usr/X11R6 to cope with native Xorg.
>> >
>> > XXX: should native Xorg use /usr/X11R6?  input required.
>> 
>> It involves the least disruption for administrators and others used to
>> the installs from previous versions of NetBSD. I'd say it is the right
>> thing.
>
> Why?  An awful lot of libs saw their major bumped, so it doesn't really
> matter much.  Installing in /usr/X11R7 where it belongs would mean least
> disruption I think (i.e., you could keep the /usr/X11R6 tree until you
> have your packages fully updated).

What is the recommended practice from xorg?

What do configure scripts out there expect?

Plus, given our binary compatability notions, it should be possible to
unpack xorg sets on a system and not break binaries that use the XFree86
libraries.  And to unpack compat sets via pkgsrc.  So it seems messy to
be in X11R6, and I like X11R7, but wonder about the consequences.