Re: pkg/52633: ERROR: python27-2.7.14 uses X11, but /usr/X11R7 not found

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The following reply was made to PR pkg/52633; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: coypu%sdf.org@localhost
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/52633: ERROR: python27-2.7.14 uses X11, but /usr/X11R7 not
 found
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:44:30 +0000

 I disagree with closing this bug report. yes, it's intended, but the
 fallout is absolutely massive and the reasoning behind it isn't
 sufficient.
 
 We are currently requiring X11 for a basic package purely because we
 want to add X11BASE/lib as a possible path to libraries, and without
 X11, we don't know where X11BASE is.
 
 We can simply hard code it to be /usr/X11R7 in the case it isn't
 otherwise defined, and avoid pulling in all of Xorg for python.