[gentoo-dev] X11, FHS, app-defaults

[gentoo-dev] X11, FHS, app-defaults

[Seemant Kulleen]

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Hi All,

I have a couple of questions, so please forgive my ignorance.  Currently, our app-defaults stuff is in /etc/X11/app-defaults, but most man pages specify /usr/X11R6/share/app-defaults.

Which is correct, and what approach should be taken henceforth?

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Re: [gentoo-dev] X11, FHS, app-defaults

[Stanislav Brabec]

On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 01:16:22PM -0700, Seemant Kulleen wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have a couple of questions, so please forgive my ignorance.  Currently, our app-defaults stuff is in /etc/X11/app-defaults, but most man pages specify /usr/X11R6/share/app-defaults.
> 

/usr/X11R6/share is not explicit part of FHS (at least for version 2.2).

Historical XFree place for app-defaults is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults.
FHS requires /etc, so since XFree 4 we have /etc/X11/app-defaults.
For compatibility /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults should be a symlink to this
directory.



4.4  /usr/X11R6: X Window System, Version 11 Release 6 (optional)
        
4.4.1  Purpose

This hierarchy is reserved for the X Window System, version 11 release
6, and related files.

...

4.4.2  Specific Options

Host-specific data in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 should be interpreted  as a
demonstration file.  Applications requiring information about the
current host must reference a configuration file in /etc/X11, which may
be linked to a file in /usr/X11R6/lib.[17]


-- Stanislav Brabec

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