From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 17 05:40:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 514CE16A46B for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:40:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 279E413C48A for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:40:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.06) with ESMTP id l7H5eJC7022754 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:40:19 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-24-10-12-194.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.10.12.194]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l7H5eICn011557 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:40:19 -0700 Message-ID: <46C534BE.2080804@u.washington.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:40:14 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" References: <46C528DE.8050001@shrew.net> <46C52F37.9020904@u.washington.edu> <3181A9A0-7F22-4BDE-9B2A-DCBE8101A413@ece.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3181A9A0-7F22-4BDE-9B2A-DCBE8101A413@ece.cmu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.3.310218, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.8.16.222422 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __PHISH_PHRASE1_B 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Matthew Grooms Subject: Re: New Port and X11 Path X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:40:20 -0000 Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote: > > On Aug 17, 2007, at 1:16 , Garrett Cooper wrote: > >> Please read /usr/ports/UPDATING. There should be a reference to >> the X11 upgrade that you need to note. > > But does that help with *packages* (not ports)? > 1. Packages are (typically) built from ports; the only exceptions being the system packages (base, src, usr.sbin, etc). 2. The /usr/X11R6 path / $X11BASE (sp?) variable was deprecated in favor of using $LOCALBASE (sp?) when the X.org 7.2 update rolled around about 4 months ago. 3. Like I said, /usr/ports/UPDATING contains all of the details you need about the changes. If you need more information please consult the archives back in April/May. -Garrett