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From: karl@mote.umb.EDU ("Karl Berry.")
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: ximake
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Date: 1 Sep 89 19:38:38 GMT
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The ximake distributed with R3 looks inside the X source tree for the
template files, and also the imake binary. This seems wrong to me, since
those files are machine-specific.

The lndir script solves the imake binary problem, since the binaries
would reside in different directories on different machines. But the
macros files are still shared, so it is not sufficient. Furthermore, it
seems like overkill to use 2.3MB for links just so that one small binary
will end up in the right place.

Would not a better solution be to install the template files and the
imake binary in /usr/{lib,bin}/X11, which are already machine-specific
directories, and change ximake appropriately?

karl@umb.edu