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<sect2>
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<title>Command explanations</title>
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<para><userinput>make World 2>&1 | tee xfree-compile.log &&</userinput>:
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This command runs multiple makefiles to completely rebuild the system.
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<userinput>2>&1</userinput> redirects error messages to the same location
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as normal output. The <userinput>tee</userinput> command allows viewing of
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the output while logging the results to a file.</para>
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<note><para>When rebuildng, a separate command that may be used if only minor
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changes are made to the sources is <userinput>make
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Everything</userinput>. This does not automatically remove generated
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files and only rebuilds those files or programs that are out
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of date.</para></note>
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<para><userinput>ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11</userinput>,
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<userinput>ln -sf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11</userinput>, and
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<userinput>ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput>:
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These commands are present to enable other (broken) packages to build
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against XFree86. We do this even though the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
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says:
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"In general, software must not be installed or managed via the above
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symbolic links. They are intended for utilization by users only."</para></sect2>
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