Lesstif update II

[Brian Ford]

On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 20:15:40 -0000, Vince Hoffman wrote:

> A quick grep in /etc/postinstall gives
> $ more XFree86-lib.sh.done
> #!/bin/sh
>
> ETCLINKS="app-defaults fs lbxproxy proxymngr rstart twm xdm xinit xsm
> xserver"
> for f in $ETCLINKS; do
>     ln -sf /etc/X11/$f /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/$f
> done
>
> so I'd guess it to be the Xfree86 libraries package that creates the
> links.
>
Ok.  That seems to be the who.  Now how about the why?  Harold?


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Ford [mailto:ford at vss dot fsi dot com]
> Sent: 27 February 2003 15:56
> To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
> Cc: David Huang; Danilo Turina
> Subject: RE: Lesstif update II
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:09:10 +0800, David Huang wrote:
>
> > Hi! Thanks for the update.
> > But has this problem too:
> > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-02/msg00029.html
> >
> > Please fix.
> >
>
> I will try, but I need to understand what creates the link:
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults -> /etc/X11/app-defaults
>
> I assume it is Cygwin standard then to use
> /etc/X11/app-defaults instead
> of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults?
>
> I seem to have this problem also, but did not notice because all our
> applications use XAPPLRESDIR to find their app-defaults.  I
> do not believe
> that my new package caused it, though.
>
> I really need to know what creates that link and why so it
> can be fixed
> in the proper place.  Lesstif does not current seem to me like that
> place, but I could be convinced otherwise.
>

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