On 12/24/2013 06:42 PM, Simon Geard wrote: > On Mon, 2013-12-23 at 04:07 -0600, William Harrington wrote: >> xorg-proto ( which has util-macros as required dependency) does not >> have Xorg introduction as a required dependency where XORG_PREFIX and >> XORG_CONFIG is set. > Do we really have a reason for having these variables, instead of just > installing X into /usr like most other packages? As the book notes, the > distros don't do this anymore... is there any advantage to inexperienced > users in using a separate path by default? > > Seems to me it would be easier to build into a standard location by > default, and let those who know what they're doing change it... it > simplifies things, given that users no longer need to worry about > setting XORG_PREFIX, fiddling with PATH, PKG_CONFIG_PATH, > LD_LIBRARY_PATH, etc... > > Simon. >
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