Subject: Re: pkg/33869: can't install meta-pkgs/{xorg,XFree86} into /usr/X11R6
To: None <pkg-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: pkgsrc-bugs
Date: 06/29/2006 23:45:01
The following reply was made to PR pkg/33869; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: joerg@britannica.bec.de
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: pkg/33869: can't install meta-pkgs/{xorg,XFree86} into /usr/X11R6
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:42:03 +0200
On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 11:20:00PM +0000, bad@bsd.de wrote:
> By my reading of meta-pkgs/xorg/Makefile.common one could force meta-pkgs/xorg
> into installing into /usr/X11R6 by e.g. setting X11ROOT in /etc/mk.conf.
> However, this doesn't work because mk/bsd.prefx.mk sets:
> X11BASE?= ${LOCALBASE}/${X11ROOT_PREFIX}
> instead of using X11ROOT.
No, this is not supported at all and not supposed to work either.
pkgsrc stuff is not supposed to leave ${LOCALBASE} and X11BASE is
entirely for the sake of X11TYPE=native.
Joerg