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  Re: pov-ray binary missing in povlinux.tar  
From: Matt Giwer
Date: 18 Aug 2000 01:35:52
Message: <399CCB91.46C49370@ij.net>
Mark Gordon wrote:
> 
> paul hansen wrote:
> 
> > I was asking a question regarding whether povlinux.tar is supposed to contain a
> > povray binary.
> 
> Since Linux users are assumed to have X, and you can turn off the
> display, we have traditionally not included the x-povray binary in
> povlinux.tgz.  It saves space and bandwidth.  The install script was
> written to be generic, which is why it installs the generic console
> povray binary if it is present.

	May I suggest rethinking that? 

	Redhat has some 70% of the market at the moment and configures
with the x11 option as the default boot up. 

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