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Quoting "J.A. Magallón" <jamagallon@(protected)>:
>> Paulo Andrade <pcpa@(protected):
>> + Revision: 207244
>> - o Update to latest git "server-1.4-branch".
>> o Update %pre script to finish moving <basedir>/X11 files to
>> %{_datadir}/X11.
>> The script has been updated to a recursive version because moving relative
>> symlinks may leave broken ones.
>> o Also change /usr/X11R6 from a real directory to a symlink to /usr.
>
> Many scripts still think things are in /etc, so X now is completely broken:
> - Xorg looks for xorg.conf in /etc
> - gdm looks for config files in /etc
> - dm service also uses hardcoded /etc paths
> ...
>
> Many packages to rebuild, if things get moved to /usr/share.
It should work just fine, unless it is installed without running %pre,
or if something overwrites the symlinks, but even downloading a package,
building from sources and running make install should work correctly.
But please report any problems and they should be shortly fixed :-)
> --
> J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()ono!com> \ Software is like sex:
> \ It's better when it's free
> Mandriva Linux release 2008.1 (Cooker) for i586
> Linux 2.6.23-jam05 (gcc 4.2.2 20071128 (4.2.2-2mdv2008.1)) SMP PREEMPT
Paulo