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	Beech Rintoul <beech@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: can't upgrade - catch-22
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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