David Dawes wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 01:53:57PM -0600, Ted Spradley wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >> what is mkdirheir?  I just tried an apropos, locate, find and info search
> >> for it and can't find it.  Is is a *BSD command?
> >> Cheers,
> >> Oisin
> >
> >It's a spelling error.  Sorry.  /usr/X11R6/bin/mkdirhier, or
> >xc/config/util/mkdirhier.* in the sources.  Somewhere just a few weeks
> >ago I found some instructions about building X11 from sources that
> >recommended building a tree of symlinks using mkdirhier (it's been part
> >of X11 for many years), but I can't find it just now.  Probably on the
> 
> I think you mean 'lndir'.  mkdirhier just does what 'mkdir -p' does,
> and the build/install process may use it on (old) platforms that have
> mkdir that doesn't support the -p flag.
> 
> >XFree86.org web site, or maybe in the (obsolete) INSTALL-X.org.  The
> >mkdirhier man page is no help at all (I just checked).
> 
> There's some build information at <http://www.xfree86.org/current/BUILD.html>.

You're right, I'm wrong.  that URL is the "instructions on building"
that I couldn't find again.  I remembered it all wrong.

In fact, that URL is probably what the OP really needed.

> 
> David
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