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Bob S wrote:
While searching for files in /usr/bin I noticed something that seems odd to
me. There is a folder in there named X11. It is a link to the same folder. If
you open it, it shows the exact same thing as /usr/bin. You can continue
opening the X11 directory until you have a /usr/bin//X11/X11/X11/X11 file
open on ad-infitum. They all show the exact same files and megabytes. What
is this? Can somebody explain the purpose?
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It used to be that the X11 specific applications, includes,
libraries, manpages and shared files were included under /usr/X11R6:
ls /usr/X11R6 => bin, include, lib, man, share
Now all of the X11 specific files have been merged into the 'generic'
location:
Old location New location
/usr/X11R6/bin /usr/bin
/usr/X11R6/include /usr/include
/usr/X11R6/lib /usr/lib
/usr/X11R6/man /usr/man
/usr/X11R6/share /usr/share
There were also the softlinks "before":
/usr/X11 -> X11R6
/usr/bin/X11 -> ../X11R6/bin/
Now it seems all of the /usr/X11R6 directories are mostly empty and their
contents have been moved to corresponding directories under /usr.
I.e.:
/usr/X11R6/{bin,include,lib,man,share} had their contents moved to
/usr/{bin,include,lib,man,share} (respectively).
The soft link "/usr/bin/X11" which used to point to where the X11 binaries
were located (/usr/X11R6/bin), now points to their new location
in "/usr/bin". So /usr/bin/X11 points to /usr/bin.
(/usr/bin/X11 -> .)
Anyone who used to use the path /usr/bin/X11 to invoke an x-app can
use the same path and have it work. So /usr/bin/X11/xosview will
still work (though xosview is now in /usr/bin).
Anyone who used the X11 paths:
/usr/X11R6/bin/xosview -or- /usr/X11/bin/xosview
are out of luck and will find their scripts broken.
I don't know why compatibility links were not added for those
paths. I.e.:
/usr/X11 -> X11R6 (same)
/usr/X11R6/bin -> /usr/bin
/usr/X11R6/include -> /usr/include
/usr/X11R6/lib -> /usr/lib
/usr/X11R6/man -> /usr/man
/usr/X11R6/share -> /usr/share
Perhaps this was an oversight or is a "bug"? Does anyone else
know why the original X11 directories weren't turned into links
to their new paths?
point to their new locations.
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