/usr/lib/X11 vs. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11

1998-09-22 Thread shaul 
These 2 directories (/usr/lib/X11 and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11) seems to me an exact 
copy of each other. I could not find any link between them.
Can I rm --force --recursive --verbose /usr/lib/X11 ?
And if not, why ?
What are the possible explanations that I have 2 copies of the same directory ?
Are there any other files or directories that are duplicated somewhere else on 
my system ?

Re: /usr/lib/X11 vs. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11

1998-09-22 Thread servis 
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| These 2 directories (/usr/lib/X11 and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11) seems to me an 
exact 
| copy of each other. I could not find any link between them.
| Can I rm --force --recursive --verbose /usr/lib/X11 ?
| And if not, why ?
| What are the possible explanations that I have 2 copies of the same directory 
?
| Are there any other files or directories that are duplicated somewhere else 
on 
| my system ?
| 
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Um, on my Debian 2.0 with the 3.3.2.3-2 version of the X11 Debian
packages I have

% ls -l /usr/lib/X11
   0 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root   16 Sep 20 21:11 /usr/lib/X11 - 
../X11R6/lib/X11/

So they are linked and a rm -frv /usr/lib/X11 would make your system
FUBAR.

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Re: /usr/lib/X11 vs. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11

1998-09-22 Thread aqy6633 
 These 2 directories (/usr/lib/X11 and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11) seems to me an 
 exact 
 copy of each other. I could not find any link between them.
 Can I rm --force --recursive --verbose /usr/lib/X11 ?
 And if not, why ?

jessica:~ ls -l /usr/lib/X11
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root   16 Aug 25 13:46 /usr/lib/X11 -
../X11R6/lib/X11

So, this is not a duplicate, but a historic compatibility symlink
/usr/lib/X11 - /usr/X11R6/lib/X11


Do not remoe it :)

Alex Y.
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