Bill Nottingham wrote:
app-defaults used to be in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults, for all arches. Now, with the directory move, they are in *either* /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults, or /usr/lib64/X11/app-defaults.
Yes, the rpm packages are all currently using the insane upstream defaults. Unfortunately, some folks upstream have expressed complete disinterest with maintaining any sort of FHS compatibility in the standard X distribution. What's worse, is that passing the normal flags to ./configure to get things where you expect them, has no effect, because they don't bother using $(datadir) to plant the data files where they belong. Instead they use $(libdir)/X11 or some other custom hack, which varies from tarball to tarball, etc. The upstream goal, is that if you just type ./configure with no options, when you build and install X, all of the files go where upstream wants them to go by default - rather than going to /usr/local/* which is the normal place for autotooled packages to put things unless you override the defaults. I think this is a disastrous short sighted decision personally, and it will make things much more complicated for all OS vendors out there that require FHS compliance. I am going to do what I can do to try to patch things to go where they should go, and to try to get my patches accepted upstream, but it's hard to say wether they'll go for this or not. I was met with a strong resistance to mentioning "FHS", however I did explain that they don't need to know or care about FHS, so long as the defaults are set sanely, as our configure options ensure that we get FHS so long as the upstream autotooling uses the right variables in dir paths. No response so far.
Shouldn't they continue to be in a constant directory (and
> really, shouldn't that be under /usr/share?) Yes, and yes. :) I am currently in the process of changing all of the packages to use /usr/share for all architecture independent data files, which so far involves hacking up Makefile.am and/or configure.in, then running aclocal, automake and/or autoconf, with a dash of salt, baking in an oven preheated to 500F for 30 minutes, and then serving with a side order of coconut shrimp, and garnished with a sprig of parseley. Keep checking the menu every few hours to monitor progress. ;) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
