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From: marbru@attc.UUCP (Martin Brunecky)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Problems with installation scripts
Message-ID: <1274@attc.UUCP>
Date: 16 Mar 91 03:18:06 GMT
References: <13460@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Reply-To: marbru@auto-trol.UUCP (Martin Brunecky)
Organization: Auto-trol Technology, Denver
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   My problem with the MIT distribution is that it insists on
   merging the installation into /usr...
   Of course, I can specify DESTDIR = ..., but from that point on
   NONE of the other products depending on X build.

   IMHO, I should be able to place the (mit) X distribution tree
   anywhere in the system, and expect that anybody's product
   using MIT's Imake will build with a simple specifification
   of something like X11TOP. I should be able to have many
   versions of X on my system, not assuming a single super-user
   workstation where I can do whatever I want.

   I understand that this is more the problem of those "other"
   products depending on MIT's X. However, the MIT's X distribution
   sets an example. Bad one, IMHO.


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