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  • From: Jeremy Kolb <jkolb AT brandeis.edu>
  • To: jason AT flattfamily.com
  • Cc: sm-users AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Users] xfree86 install
  • Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:23:17 -0500

I think that it makes more sense for the spells to add it and remove it
as well.

On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 09:21, Jason Flatt wrote:
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> On Tuesday 30 September 2003 12:49 am, Hamish Greig wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:30, Ladislav Hagara wrote:
> > > I think it is only a "feature" of our last install iso.
> > > If next iso will content "correct" /etc/ld.so.conf it is not a
> > > problem.
> > >
> > > - lace -
> >
> > Like lace says is it necessary or should the default install from the ISO
> > have it ?
> > It is easy to add lines to the spell but for the percentage of machines
> > that won't need it it seems silly for the ISO not to have it.
> > the default PATH has /usr/X11R6/bin and I would like less checks and hacks
> > in our spells
> > Hamish
> >
>
>
> I respectfully disagree to both of you. The original intent of Sorcerer
> was
> for use as a server or admin box, which was most likely to not have X
> installed. I realize that Source Mage has slightly moved away from that
> ideal and is becoming more user friendly, and that the likelihood that an
> SMGL box won't have X is fairly slim. However, the initial ISO install
> still
> does not have X installed, and I don't believe either the /etc/ld.so.conf
> file or the PATH should have an initial reference to X. I believe that
> casting one of the Xen spells (3 now?) should add the initial references.
>
> Having said that, :^) I'm OK with it either way.
>
>
> - --
> Jason Flatt (jason @ flattfamily . com)
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