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On Sep 10, 2007, at 1:15 PM, Pav Lucistnik wrote:

>> Create a port of that, the old FreeBSD versions depend on it to  
>> install in
>> /usr/share/mk. I kind of don't like it, but it looks like it's only a
>> solution if it has to be in /usr/share/mk.
>
> Doesn't solve anything. The files get installed _after_ they are  
> needed.

We force users of pre-6.2 systems to add a line to their /etc/ 
make.conf to set X11BASE, so why not force users of pre-6.2 systems  
to install a special port to make ports continue to work?