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

[Ivan Kalvachev]

On 3/2/09, Bernd Ernesti <mplayer-dev-eng at lists.veego.de> wrote:
> 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?

The Xorg switched from "/usr/X11R6/" to just "/usr/"
I've never seen X11R7 (in linux world) so it must be genuine NetBSD invention.

I'll repeat the question:
Is /usr/X11R7 really the directory holding the X stuff
and not just symlink to /usr.
(please give full answer ;)