Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 17:41:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: "R. Imura" <imura@cs.titech.ac.jp> Cc: andy@cgu.chel.su, asami@FreeBSD.org, cpiazza@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-toolkits/qt2 - Imported sources Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909191740030.3586-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <19990920062811F.imura@cs.titech.ac.jp>
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On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, R. Imura wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, R. Imura wrote:
> >
> > > > And another question: Should we _strongly_ push X applications to use
> > > > ${LOCALBASE} as ${PREFIX}, leave ${X11BASE} for only X11 system staff?
> > > > I prefer using ${X11BASE} as ${PREFIX} for _all_ X related applications, but..
> > > > What your opinions?
> > >
> > > I think so, too.
> >
> > But you guys seem never to have looked at the code. With the setup we
> > have now, any port that uses imake to build itself must install itself
> > under the x11 tree, and you don't get an option on that.
>
> What port are you talking about?
> KDE never uses imake.
> Did you try to install KDE to ${X11BASE} or other prefix?
> It's required a kind of trick.:-p)
I was not talking about KDE, I was addressing the comment that all x apps
should be moved to /usr/local, and commenting that anyone contemplating
that should inspect an app that uses imake to see how hard it would be.
Not to mention that many folks wouldn't want it. Where stuff is stuck is
a religious issue that shouldn't be played with on a whim.
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