[Fink-devel] Fink xinitrc package

[Alexander H. <ale...@gm...>]

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We've been using the xinitrc package for certain packages that need to
run items at X11 startup, e.g. xfontpath and dbus (there may be more,
but I don't happen to have them installed), as it provides an xintrc.d
directory within the Fink tree and scripting to run scripts within that
directory.

However, the current implementation appears to defeat the normal control
sequence on Leopard or Snow Leopard, which already has that scripting
built in.  For example, I've noted that I seem not to be able to run
scripts in my own $HOME/.xinitrc.d at X11 startup if fink's
xinitrc is installed, but can if it's not.  We also need to be able to
provide an option for users to customize their X11 startup without
disrupting e.g. the dbus->X11 interaction.

It seems to me like what we should be doing for 10.5 and 10.6 is putting
a script in the "right" place, /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d which
runs scripts within Fink's xinitrc.d -- this is currently done by the
xinitrc.sh script, along with some other tasks.  Just having the
Fink-specific items from that script ought to suffice.

We'd probably just want to leave it as-is on 10.4.
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Alexander Hansen
Fink User Liaison
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