#297003 startx: use Debian alternatives instead of hardcoded paths

Package:
xinit
Source:
xinit
Description:
X server initialisation tool
Submitter:
martin f krafft
Date:
2025-01-23 18:09:02 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
Tags:
#297003#5
Date:
2005-02-26 12:03:12 UTC
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startx uses hardcoded paths to X and xterm rather than the
corresponding Debian defaults (using the alternatives system or
debconf). The attached patch fixes that. Please consider applying it
to the next release.
#297003#12
Date:
2011-03-06 01:03:58 UTC
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Hi,

martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> (26/02/2005):

just for reference, nowadays, your patch mostly boils down to updating
the default client, from xterm to x-terminal-emulator. That could be
done at build-time:
| Makefile.am:    -DXTERM=@XTERM@ \
| configure.ac:DEFAULT_XTERM=xterm
| configure.ac:    AS_HELP_STRING([--with-xterm=XTERM], [Path to xterm]),

KiBi.
#297003#17
Date:
2025-01-23 18:07:37 UTC
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This is still true. Since #557138 was fixed, d/rules even passes
--with-xterm=/usr/bin/xterm.