Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com> writes:

> ...of course, pointing one to X11ROOT in the *.mk files would have been
> the polite thing to do instead of pretending such a parameter didn't
> exist.
> 
> "You don't need to know about that detail.  We take care of everything
> for you.  Just Press Play."

You're making the mistake of assuming that that parameter is one that
is intended to be twiddled, rather than an implementation detail with
no particular guarantees attached.

        - Nathan