re: odd X11 symlinks in -current

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

   "Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost> writes:
   > I just noticed the following symlinks in fresh -current builds that seem
   > to point to nothing. Can anyone explain what they're there for and how
   > they're created? If they're a mistake, can they be killed?
   >
   > /usr/X11R7/lib/libXaw.so.6
   > /usr/X11R7/lib/libXaw.so.7
   > /usr/X11R7/lib/libXaw.so.8
   >
   > lrwxr-xr-x  1 perry  wsrc  12 Apr  1 17:27 /usr/X11R7/lib/libXaw.so.6 -> 
libXaw6.so.6
   > lrwxr-xr-x  1 perry  wsrc  12 Apr  1 17:27 /usr/X11R7/lib/libXaw.so.7 -> 
libXaw7.so.7
   > lrwxr-xr-x  1 perry  wsrc  12 Apr  1 17:27 /usr/X11R7/lib/libXaw.so.8 -> 
libXaw8.so.8
   
   For reference, these symlinks are being created by things like:
   
   SYMLINKS+=      lib${LIB}.so.6 ${X11USRLIBDIR}/lib${LIBOLD}.so.6
   
   in src/external/mit/xorg/lib/libXaw6/Makefile and the analogs in the
   other Makefiles.
   
   I have no idea why they are being created etc., but as they point at
   nothing they're clearly not correct.


oh, i see.

christos broke them when he bumped every x11 shlib version.

since we already broke the expected ABI, i see no good reason to keep
shipping those compat links.


.mrg.