Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:08:07 -0400 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mplayer/mplayer-plugin question Message-ID: <426975C7.3030008@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <op.spnlw20h9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <20050420155742.GA83965@thought.org> <AE4D469E6B141341B0344050@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <20050422182127.GA89355@thought.org> <200504222342.32068.danny@ricin.com> <op.spnlw20h9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:42:31 -0500, Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com> wrote: > >> On Friday 22 April 2005 20:21, Gary Kline wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 01:01:30PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: >>> > You should forward this information to the freebsd-ports list. >>> I'm sure >>> > they'd like to know this, because it's abnormal design. The conf file >>> > *should* be in /usr/local/etc and there *should* be a pkg-message file >>> > that tells the installer what to do post-install. >>> >>> At least a symlink to /usr/local/etc, and the post-install note. >>> This brings up the qauestion of the Powers-that-Be creating >>> symlinks to /etc/local (as a min) and /etc/X11R6. (Should *ANY* >>> non-system GUI have its conf in /etc/X11R6/etc? ... [*mumble*]) >>> >>> gary >>> >> >> No, and in fact it would be better if /usr/X11R6 were a hard link >> to /usr/local, but this never happened. The /usr/X11R6 came into life >> because >> of X IIRC and then got adapted by some X apps and then by gnome. So >> now we're >> stuck with two "3rd party software" trees/prefixes. > > > I am hoping to get all GNOME stuff move in LOCALBASE someday when I > have time. FreeBSD needs to remove one prefix either (LOCALBASE or > X11BASE) to have a prefix. MPlayer doesn't need X. It can run just fine in an X-less environment. Same with SDL. Things that _require_ X live in /usr/X11R6. Except for KDE, which claims that they alone are interpreting hier(7) correctly and *every single other X app in the entire ports tree* is wrong. Also OOo, but those poor guys have enough to deal with without trying to force a nonstandard prefix. Personally, I'd love to see /usr/X11R6 folded into /usr/local, but until then, I think it's nothing short of retarded for apps to install into unusual locations to prove a point. # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adamw@magnesium.net || adamw@FreeBSD.org adamw@vectors.cx || adamw@gnome.org http://www.vectors.cx
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