Bug 105931 - X11R6 directory no longer present
Summary: X11R6 directory no longer present
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: XQuartz
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New Bugs (show other bugs)
Version: 2.7.11 (xserver-1.18.4)
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Mac OS X (All)
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Assignee: Alun J. Carr
QA Contact: Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia
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Reported: 2018-04-06 19:47 UTC by Alun J. Carr
Modified: 2018-04-06 20:26 UTC (History)
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2018-04-06 19:51 UTC, Alun J. Carr 		Details
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Description Alun J. Carr 2018-04-06 19:47:28 UTC 
XQuartz 2.7.11 on macOS 10.13.4 (High Sierra) with an APFS-formatted system disk.

In earlier releases a /usr/X11R6 directory (possibly a symlink, but maybe an HFS+ hardline) was present in addition to /usr/X11, but this has now disappeared, breaking some legacy scientific software that uses /usr/X11R6, for which source code is not available.

Because of the very tight security in recent releases of macOS, I can no longer create a symlink from /usr/X11 to /usr/X11R6.

I haven't used the software for a while, but I'm sure that it worked with macOS 10.12.x (Sierra) with an HFS+ system disk.

If the XQuartz team could create a suitable symlink on their next release, or persuade Apple to put one in place, that would be absolutely spiffing!

Best regards,

Alun
Comment 1 Alun J. Carr 2018-04-06 19:51:32 UTC 
Created attachment 138662 [details]
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macOS system log showing problem.
Comment 2 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 2018-04-06 20:26:45 UTC 
Use /usr/libexec/x11-select to create it.  That's done during X11 install, but it is undone when the OS is upgraded.

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