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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 08:59:27 -0600 (CST)
From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>
To: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: Makefile help
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On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Satoshi Asami wrote:

# By the way, Jim, I recommend you go check out the handbook.  Most of
# the common questions are answered there.  (I think it makes a pretty
# good reading too. :)
# 
#  * From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>
# 
#  * The test in ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk is '.if defined(USE_X_PREFIX)' so
#  * you need to un-define it for that to work.
# 
# But it's implied by USE_IMAKE in bsd.port.mk so you can't undef
# USE_X_PREFIX.

Exactly my point.  Since you can't undefine it, you must either fix
the problem (which in this case was in the Imakefile) or *shudder*
you doing something ugly like what I mentioned below.  Of course,
then you face the wraith of Satoshi. :)

#  * One way (though you didn't here it from me :) is to add a line like
#  * 
#  * PREFIX=	${LOCALBASE}
# 
# No you definitely didn't! ;)
# 
# Satoshi
# 



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