Where should the modular X11R7 fonts get installed to?

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Sun Nov 6 15:57:33 UTC 2005


On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 10:13:06AM -0500, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> I'm currently of the opinion that we should install the X.Org
> fonts into "/usr/share/fonts/X11", to have them installed into
> an FHS compliant location, but also in their own namespace, thus
> avoiding conflicts with other packages.

I think this is nicest. I like it more than the /usr/share/X11/fonts
alternative, because if one is looking for "what's part of X"? I think one
is more likely to ask rpm; if one is looking for "where are all the various
the font files", it's handy for them to be under one obvious place.


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