Packages still installed into /usr/X11R6/bin

Christopher Faylor cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com
Wed Dec 9 20:12:00 GMT 2009


On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 12:09:02PM -0800, Peter A. Castro wrote:
>On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, Peter A. Castro wrote:
>> On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>according to http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-12/msg00057.html there
>>>are four packages left which are still installed into /usr/X11R6/bin/,
>>>namely
>>>
>>>  openbox   ORPHANED)
>>>  tcm       Daniel Boesswetter
>>>  tetex-x11 Jan Nieuwenhuizen
>>>  x3270     Peter A. Castro
>>> 
>>>Daniel, Jan, Peter, could you please rebuild these packages for 1.7, so
>>>that they are going to be installed into /usr/bin instead?
>>
>>I'll see about moving x3270.exe into /usr/bin (though I still don't
>>understand the justifcation for this movement), there's several other
>>files in this package which will remain in the /usr/X11R6 hierarchy.  I
>>presume this won't cause any problem?
>
>Hmm...ok, scratch that.  I see why this is being done and I'll need to
>relocate the current X11R6 objects to where the rest of the X related
>files are.  I should have something ready soon.

Thanks.  Remember this is for 1.7 only.

cgf



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