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Re: odd X11 symlinks in -current



matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> writes:
>    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.

Okay, is the right thing to just remove the SYMLINKS lines in the
corresponding Makefiles and obsolete the links in the sets lists?

Perry
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Perry E. Metzger                perry%piermont.com@localhost


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