Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:13:08 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /usr/X11R6 before /usr/local in ldconfig? Message-ID: <44641dx09n.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <03733971946f3af2a72dedec3ad50d10@gmail.com> (Joshua Isom's message of "Wed\, 10 Oct 2007 01\:41\:29 -0500") References: <03733971946f3af2a72dedec3ad50d10@gmail.com>
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Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> writes: > I noticed the other that that in -STABLE that /usr/X11R6 was in front > of /usr/local for libraries. This results in any port that uses a > library from another port to look for /usr/X11R6 first, and then > /usr/local. I don't know if this would cause any real problems other > than confusion for people, but with the Xorg upgrade that installs > into /usr/local, is this just an oversight? I'm not too familiar with > the details of how FreeBSD loads libraries(although I have noticed at > least one peculiarity), so I don't know if any serious issues can > happen(I renamed X11R6 and things worked ok). Preference between the two locations only matters if a particular library exists in different versions in both places. Once the two places have been consolidated, this is impossible. Otherwise, it's still not something you want to do without a really good reason. So I don't see any issue to solve here.
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