#2391: Convenience /etc/X11 symlinks point the other way round
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner: [email protected]
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.3
Component: BOOK | Version: SVN
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http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/x/x-setup.html says:
As a convenience, Xorg-7.2 users should populate the /etc/X11 directory
with symlinks to various configuration directories that were located in
/etc/X11 with previous versions of Xorg. This step is not needed for
XFree86 users. Execute the following commands as the root user:
{{{
mkdir $XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/twm &&
ln -svt /etc/X11 \
$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/{fs,lbxproxy,proxymngr,rstart} \
$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/{xdm,xinit,xserver,xsm} \
$XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/{app-defaults,twm,xkb}
}}}
I.e., it states that configuration files are not in /etc. This is a direct
violation of FHS. The files should really live in /etc/X11, and
$XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/{app-defaults,...} should be symlinks to /etc/X11
/{app-defaults,...}
OTOH, in Debian, the configuration files are in /etc/X11, and the
abovementioned symlinks do not exist. I should examine their way of
building Xorg.
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