Roland
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Illig [mailto:rillig@NetBSD.org]=20
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:04 PM
> To: Thomas Feddersen
> Cc: pkgsrc-users@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: can't compile anymore / Syntax error: word=20
> unexpected (expecting ")")
>=20
> =20
> The *.out file you sent me contains a line that starts with
>=20
>  > *** Error
>=20
> The error message came from the shell, so the cause is usually the=20
> command directly above that line. In your case, this is:
>=20
>  > case /usr/pkg in ) buildlink_dir=3D"..." ;;
>=20
> This information is useful to see which code is executed. So I did a=20
> "grep -wr buildlink_dir $pkgsrcdir/mk",=20

Got it. Just for my education: what lets you know, that "buildlink_dir" =
is
the problem, not any other part of the remainder of the line?

<snip>

Okay

> The next question is: Why is that variable empty?
>=20
> "make help topic=3DX11BASE" does not return anything useful in=20
> this case. "grep -wrl X11BASE $pkgsrcdir/doc/guide" returns=20
> some matches, so let's=20
> look them up.

How am I supposed to read XML-Documents?=20

<snip>

> bsd.prefs.mk contains some=20
> default values for variables that are _not_ user-settable. The=20
> definition depends on the X11_TYPE variable. Please run "make=20
> show-vars=20
> VARNAMES=3D'X11_TYPE X11_BASE'" to show the values of these variables.

Here you are:
Bremen: {11} make show-vars VARNAMES=3D'X11_TYPE X11_BASE'
XFree86

Bremen: {12}

As a matter of fact, variable X11_BASE is empty or undefined.

I worked around the problem with=20
Bremen: {43} setenv X11_BASE X11R6
Bremen: {44} env
USER=3Dfed
<snip>
SU_FROM=3Dfed
X11BASE=3DX11R6

Then the package compiled and installed okay.

But I certainly would like to know, how to set / restore the missing
variable.

I recall, last thing I tried before this problem, I wanted to use =
xdiskusage
(http://xdiskusage.sourceforge.net/) but had to install the fltk-library
(http://www.fltk.org/) first. That install failed, because my XF86-files
were out of date and I don't know how to update - XF86 is a set, not a
package. Maybe the variable X11_BASE got lost / deleted during that
disrupted installation.

Regards
Thomas