From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 23 08:11:23 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79CC416A400 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:11:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [199.26.172.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50CBE13C45A for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:11:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id m1N8BMYn037743 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:11:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id m1N8BMPF037742; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:11:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from fbsd61 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA27527; Sat, 23 Feb 08 00:01:37 PST Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:56:40 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: pauls@utdallas.edu Message-Id: <47bfd1b8.dTF4G+JwEKsyIPMx%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <47be74b1.pGW9HajDXl3VC5wx%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <56A674D3D7DD31DDC580680D@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <56A674D3D7DD31DDC580680D@utd59514.utdallas.edu> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting X11BASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:11:23 -0000 > LOCALBASE is /usr/local unless you've changed it (but then you > would already know what it was if you had.) You can find its > value in /usr/ports/Mk/ > > grep "LOCALBASE?=" /usr/ports/Mk/* > /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk:LOCALBASE?= /usr/local Aha! > > 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 ..." > > ... if you want to stay with the old system, you're probably going > to need to put USE_NONDEFAULT_X11BASE?=/usr/X11R6 in your make.conf > file to keep your ports from breaking in interesting ways ... Aha! again. > Read /usr/ports/UPDATING carefully before proceeding. I did, but only as far back as the last time I updated, and I skipped entries which were identified as affecting ports I haven't installed or don't use ... including the modular xorg which I'm trying to avoid. (I figure it can wait until I do a clean install, on a different machine, using 7.0 when it comes out.)