Location of Xorg configuration files

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kpa

Why does Xorg want the configuration files placed in /etc/X11 and not /usr/local/etc/X11 if it is installed from ports/packages and it is not part of the base operating system?
 
BTW, it does looks in /usr/local/etc/X11 (in addition to /etc/X11) at least for your xorg.conf file:

Code: 
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jul 28 09:56:37 2010
(==) Using config file: "/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
 
Thought so that there must be historical reason :p

So, is there anything in the base system or ports that would break if directory /etc/X11 was removed?
 
Xorg may work without xorg.conf file and the directory is empty on new setups anyway, so I doubt your machine will explode if you remove it altogether.
 
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