11 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-questionssetting X11BASE| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| per...@pluto.rain.com | Feb 22, 2008 7:12 am | |
| Mel | Feb 22, 2008 12:28 pm | |
| Paul Schmehl | Feb 22, 2008 3:30 pm | |
| per...@pluto.rain.com | Feb 23, 2008 8:11 am | |
| per...@pluto.rain.com | Feb 23, 2008 8:11 am | |
| Dominic Fandrey | Feb 23, 2008 8:19 am | |
| Mel | Feb 23, 2008 11:59 am | |
| per...@pluto.rain.com | Feb 23, 2008 6:12 pm | |
| Mel | Feb 23, 2008 6:32 pm | |
| Paul Schmehl | Feb 23, 2008 6:34 pm | |
| per...@pluto.rain.com | Feb 24, 2008 8:10 am |
| Subject: | setting X11BASE | |
|---|---|---|
| From: | Mel (fbsd...@rachie.is-a-geek.net) | |
| Date: | Feb 22, 2008 12:28:18 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-questions | |
On Friday 22 February 2008 08:07:29 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
After updating with portsnap, I am getting an insufficiently-helpful error message:
On FreeBSD before 6.2 ports system unfortunately can not set default X11BASE by itself so please help it a bit by setting X11BASE=${LOCALBASE} in make.conf. On the other hand, if you do wish to use non-default X11BASE, please set variable USE_NONDEFAULT_X11BASE.
* Am I correct in *guessing* that "make.conf" refers to /etc/make.conf?
Yes.
* 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}.
* How do I figure out whether I should set USE_NONDEFAULT_X11BASE?
You don't have to.
* Why does it even need this? The port I am trying to install ATM (portmaster, to get a handle on the dependency maze) has nothing to do with X11.
Because portmaster checks the status of your ports installation for sanity.
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.
-- Mel