Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Jan 1999 05:59:38 +1030 (CST) | From | Michael Talbot-Wilson <> | Subject | Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux |
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On 5 Jan 1999, david parsons wrote:
> In article <linux.kernel.AAC2Masag2@khim.sch57.msk.ru>, > Khimenko Victor <khim@sch57.msk.ru> wrote: > > >PB> Phooey. /var/X11/lib/xdm was alive and well on SuSE last time I looked. > >PB> And on redhat too probably. > > > >Not, of course. It's in /etc/X11/xdm as it should be according to FHS: > > This means that it's important to know the distribution when you're > building things, so you can figure out which version of the `FHS' > the vendor is using so you can know where configuration files live > today on your distribution of choice.
It could mean that you can't update XFree with binaries from xfree86.org. It is odd (broken?) that FHS would re-invent this.
FWIW, /etc/X11/xdm is a symlink to /var/X11R6/lib on Slackware 3.5 I.e. alive and well.
-- Michael Talbot-Wilson ------------------- mtw@calypso.view.net.au
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