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Date:      Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:10:17 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/gdm Makefile
Message-ID:  <20070614181017.GB88451@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070614223309.c06691be.nork@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200706131619.l5DGJOtS053441@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070613183745.GB54300@rot13.obsecurity.org> <op.ttvjlqr39aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20070613192541.GA55166@rot13.obsecurity.org> <op.ttvmt1il9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20070614223309.c06691be.nork@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 10:33:09PM +0900, Norikatsu Shigemura wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:21:27 -0500
> "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> wrote:
> > >> >>  Add a hack to fix a lot of hardcore paths of /usr/X11R6 to fix the
> > >> >>problem for
> > >> >>  users that do not have symlink of /usr/X11R6 -> /usr/local when they
> > >> >>have gdm
> > >> >>  enable in the startup. Bump the PORTREVISION.
> > >> >>  Reported by:    Werner Lehmann <elvis69@arcor.de>
> > >> >FYI NOP changes like this shouldn't get PORTREVISION bumps.
> > >> It needs to be bump for the package and other users that do not have
> > >> symlink of /usr/X11R6 -> /usr/local. I do not want to do it by manual or
> > >> add in UPDATING for tell them to reinstall it.
> > > It's not a supported configuration to run without the symlink.
> > > It is a good idea to fix remaining instances of /usr/X11R6 over time,
> > > but these are NOP changes and should not get PORTREVISION bumps.
> > Ok next time, I won't bump and will imaging it as a 'NOP' change. I feel  
> > dirt to do this.
> 
> 	I don't think that this change is NOP.  I was embarrassed with
> 	this problem, too.  I did clean-install all ports such as Werner.
> 	So I'm grad to get fixed binary by mezz's bumping PORTREVISION.

Then the question you should be asking is "why did the symlink
creation by xorg-libraries not happen?".

Kris




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