Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 04:50:01 -0700 (PDT) From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/7572 Message-ID: <199808111150.EAA17144@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/7572; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami)
To: andreas@klemm.gtn.com
Cc: cracauer@cons.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, andreas@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ports/7572
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 04:45:40 -0700 (PDT)
(Quoting in full to put it in audit-trail of correct PR.)
Andreas:
* Hmm, I think you triggered the trap by defining PREFIX explicitely
* in /etc/make.conf.
*
* Normally this shouldn't happen, because the port defines
* USE_X_PREFIX in Makefile. If you dig into bsd.ports.mk:
*
* .if defined(USE_X_PREFIX)
* USE_X11= yes
* .endif
* .if defined(USE_X_PREFIX)
* PREFIX?= ${X11BASE}
* .else
* PREFIX?= ${LOCALBASE}
* .endif
*
* You should see, that PREFIX will be set to ${X11BASE}
*
* But you are right, the port will be broken, if somebody sets his
* own PREFIX variable.
That's because the port uses both PREFIX and X11BASE. It should use
PREFIX only it is equal to X11BASE in this case.
X11BASE is for non-X ports that need to refer to /usr/X11R6 or its
equivalent. (Similarly, LOCALBASE is for X ports to refer to
/usr/local or its equivalent.)
* So, what's the real use of defining USE_X_PREFIX, instead of using
* directly X11BASE instead of PREFIX ?!
*
* I think of cases, where people want their X11 stuff still live
* in /usr/X11R6 but local ports in /local or something else ...
Satoshi
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