Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:34:15 +0200 From: Alex Kozlov <spam@rm-rf.kiev.ua> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>, x11@freebsd.org, freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, spam@rm-rf.kiev.ua Subject: Re: Heads Up: X11BASE removal Message-ID: <20111226083415.GA73902@ravenloft.kiev.ua>
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On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 08:07:23AM +0000, Chris Rees wrote: > On 26 Dec 2011 06:57, "Alex Kozlov" <spam@rm-rf.kiev.ua> wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 09:22:02PM -0500, Eitan Adler wrote: > >> The X11BASE variable has been deprecated for a long time. Support for > >> having a X11BASE different than LOCALBASE was terminated on > >> 2009/12/18. After the 9.0 release I will commit a patch that removes > >> all current references of the variable from bsd.port.mk and > >> bsd.xorg.mk. In the meantime I will be adding some helper code to a > >> few ports that still depend on it. New ports should not reference > >> X11BASE at all. >> Do You consider removal of X11 dir from /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist in > CURRENT? >> Old insallations already have this dir and new doesn't have xorg.conf at >> all or have it in $PREFIX/etc/X11/ > X11BASE is the variable that used to reference /usr/X11R6 which is where > the older XFree86 was installed. Since we moved to Xorg, it's been a > symlink to /usr/local if present. > > /etc/X11 is not related to this change. I know. I saw this topic and remember about remnants of X11 in the base. Don't want to hijack this thread, so better move to another list. Where to? current, arch? -- Adios
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