On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Tabitha McNerney <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 3.) After creating this new instance of Mountain Lion, I was bewildered >> when I saw in the Launchpad an X11 icon. I double clicked the X11 icon and >> an alert panel asked me if I wanted to install it (I decided not to because >> I wanted to understand why X11 as an install option was >> > > I am under the impression there is a dummy that installs XQuartz when > invoked, to make life easier for people expecting X11.app to be there. > Likewise the binaries under /usr/X11 advise the user to install XQuartz if > invoked. > > In short, Apple is no longer preinstalling an out-of-date XQuartz, but > just referring people to the real thing. > Thanks for the update on how Apple is handling X11, this makes sense that a lot of people might be expecting X11 so its essentially a placeholder that links to XQuartz (I'll have to try it out the next time I'm booted into Mountain Lion). -TM > > -- > brandon s allbery [email protected] > wandering unix systems administrator (available) (412) 475-9364 vm/sms > >
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