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Subject: Re: Gripe of the week (tm) :-)
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQHUbKEI=?= =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOCsbKEIgGyRCOC0bKEI=?=)
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 * 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.

Ha ha Jordan, gotcha here.  The line you are talking about is

PREFIX?=		${X11BASE}
      ^see? :)

so it's not overriding, it's the (overridable) default! :)

BTW, as I wrote in an earlier mail, it's imake config files that
decide where to install the X stuff.  PREFIX is usually only used in
packages and stuff.  (So you'll find yourself in a deep hole if you
don't have them in sync!)

Satoshi