tech-pkg: Re: xpkgwedge vs. USE_X11 vs. ?

Subject: Re: xpkgwedge vs. USE_X11 vs. ?
To: Jim Bernard <jbernard@ox.mines.edu>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/31/1998 22:42:19

On 1998年7月31日, Jim Bernard wrote:
: > It's not intended, but there's no way around it. Hence, if you want
: > something installed by an X11 pkg, you use _both_. If you want something
: > installed by a non-X11 pkg, you're safe using only LOCALBASE.
: 
: Couldn't "pkg_info -pq" be put to use to resolve this?
That's a lot more convolution than is needed to find out which of two
possible install points that a dependent pkg is installed. It's far
easier, especially for documentation read by third-party pkg producers, to
say "just use both." 8-)
I could, of course, say to use ${PREFIX} to find a dependent X11-based pkg,
but that's adding the third piece of confusion that I didn't quite want.
-- 
-- Todd Vierling (Personal tv@pobox.com; Bus. todd_vierling@xn.xerox.com)