Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 17:55:23 GMT From: fracture@allusion.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: fracture@allusion.net Subject: ports/26828: Feature request for x11-related ports variable Message-ID: <200104241755.f3OHtNq89459@cx420564-b.tucson1.az.home.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>Number: 26828 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Feature request for x11-related ports variable >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Apr 24 18:00:01 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jordan DeLong >Release: FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE i386 >Organization: N/A >Environment: System: FreeBSD cx420564-b 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Tue Apr 24 08:33:58 GMT 2001 fracture@cx420564-b:/usr/src/sys/compile/HOBOIV i386 Fresh install of 4.3-RELEASE, running on i386; recieved ISO from ftp.lt.freebsd.org. >Description: I desire all of my programs that are installed by ports to drop into /usr/local instead of the more-often-used, but in my opinion somewhat unfortunate (can be a pain when upgrading) /usr/X11R6 with the X distribution. I set the X11BASE variable to /usr/local, which is obviously incorrect, but works on the vast majority of ports; since most of them use autoconf. However some of them have tried to use X11BASE to find X11 headers/libs (only one I've seen so far is www/netscape-remote). >How-To-Repeat: check out /usr/ports/www/netscape-remote, you'll have to edit the makefile manually to get it to compile if you have X11BASE set to somewhere other than your X install. (I know this is what _should_ happen; hence this is not a bug, just a change-request). >Fix: I'd suggest that there be an additional variable, perhaps X11PREFIX, that I could set to force X11 apps to go to wherever I want them, regardless of the setting of X11BASE which seems to be intended to point to the x installation. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200104241755.f3OHtNq89459>