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From: Ben Cottrell <benco@ucsee.EECS.Berkeley.EDU>
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Subject: Re: upgrading XFree86
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> This'd be pretty difficult, I think, because of imake's very incestuous
> relationship with the X11R6 tree.  It would be a fantastic win, but I just
> don't think it'd be possible.

My customary solution to this is to use a union mount to put
/usr/local/X11 on top of /usr/X11R6. That way I can replace the
underlying X tree, and my local changes go right back on top
afterwards.

	~Ben