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Date:      Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:13:26 -0600
From:      James <oscartheduck@gmail.com>
To:        weif@weif.net
Cc:        jahilliya@gmail.com, questions@freebsd.org, Beech Rintoul <beech@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: can't upgrade - catch-22
Message-ID:  <d59e90ab0710281013g108e2d76ued69cdcfc7a145e7@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200710281529.l9SFTrLI019694@maxine.cjones.org>
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On 10/28/07, Keith Seyffarth <weif@weif.net> wrote:
>
> > try: setenv X11BASE /usr/X11R6
> >
> > then rebuild portupgrade.
>
> That still gives the 'cannot set X11BASE' error... If I run env after
> setting the X11BASE as instructed above, it is set, but I still get
> the error.
>
> Keith
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Silly question:

are you running env as root or as your user ID? i.e. are you running env as
the user who needs this variable?

James


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