[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] add X11R7 support for the configure script

[Bernd Ernesti]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 05:06:43AM +0200, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 21:15 +0100, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> > this patch also checks /usr/X11R7 to find the includes and libraries.
> > 
> > /usr/X11R7 is the new default X11 patch on NetBSD 5 and it seems to be also
> > used on other linux distributions.
> 
> Does NetBSD really still need this?

What do you mean with still need this?

NetBSD switched from XFree86 to xorg, where the later is X11R7 and so
the directory name changed.

> There's no reason for X to be
> special and have its own directory hierarchy. On Debian the only thing
> in /usr/X11R6 is a symlink bin->../bin. AFAIK other major Linux
> distributions are the same. So are new versions of NetBSD adding new
> instances of the obsolete naming scheme? The files are really ONLY
> available under that /usr/X11R7 path and not in any sane location?

Yes.

Bernd