Re: 4.3.0-1 XFree86-etc package problem

[Harold L Hunt II]

This is weird.  I checked the generated Makefile for xc/programs/xterm. 
 Sure enough, it has install:: rules that copy, for example, XTerm.ad 
to /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm.  That example rule depends upont 
XTerm.ad, in other words, it reads:

install:: XTerm.ad
        ... copy XTerm.ad to /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm
However, this rule *never* gets run.  I removed the XTerm.ad dependency 
and it magically works.  I had to remove these dependences for several 
other install:: rules, now they all work.  I don't know if I will ever 
try to get a fix checked into the XFree86 CVS tree for this... I have 
dealt with the xterm maintainter before and he is "always right", so it 
probably isn't worth the effort.

In any case, I have another update to XFree86-etc coming soon.

Harold

Dr.D.J.Picton wrote:
Apologies if this has been reported before, but there seems to be a basic
problem with this version.
I've tried two download sites and in both cases the files are installed in
the wrong directory - /etc/X11/X11 instead of /etc/X11. This caused some 
unpleasant symptoms which mostly went away if the files were moved back into 
/etc/X11. Unfortunately xterm still didn't work properly because the XTerm and
XTerm-color files have gone missing from the app-defaults directory.  I've
reverted to 4.2.0-1 for the time being.