Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:01:26 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting X11BASE Message-ID: <47bfd2d6.EvwzDqmqdVQnRjs8%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <200802221307.43940.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> References: <47be74b1.pGW9HajDXl3VC5wx%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <200802221307.43940.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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> > * What is the value of LOCALBASE? I'm not finding any
> > definition, or other reference, in /etc/make.conf.
>
> Just set it to ${LOCALBASE} verbatim. Not what you think is the
> value of the variable LOCALBASE but the word ${LOCALBASE}.
Academic interest :)
I'm finding it especially "interesting" that /etc/make.conf, which
to judge from its location is part of the base, depends on a setting
from something in the /usr/ports tree.
> > In case it matters, I have not upgraded to the modular Xorg, and
> > would prefer not to go through all that. "It ain't broke ..."
>
> True, but your portstree is now 'broken', because support for how
> it used to work is being phased out, like the whole X11BASE thing.
> I think if you upgrade anything that depends on xorg, you'll find
> dependencies being pulled in that are part of the modular xorg,
> unless you really know what you're doing.
... which is why I am trying to install portmaster before doing
anything else. I may try pkg_tree also, if it doesn't lead into
a dependency maze of its own.
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