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To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
cc: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQHUbKEI=?=
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        rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: Gripe of the week (tm) :-) 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 20 Mar 95 08:06:04 +0200."
             <199503200606.IAA24996@grunt.grondar.za> 
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 00:40:36 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
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> Try this; put the line
> 
> PREFIX=	/usr/local
> 
> into the /usr/ports/x11/xearth/Makefile, type make install and watch xearth
> get installed into /usr/X11R6!!

You're not loooooking!

Seriously, guy, this is painfully obvious with a 10 second look at
bsd.port.mk.  Look at it again.  You'll plainly see where X11BASE
overrides the PREFIX.

					Jordan