>> Log Message:
>> Actually, Mesa's Makefile.common seems like a much better place for
>> MESA_REQD, and it works much better, too.  :)
>
>it's not a better place.  what about other packages depending on Mesa?

% cd /usr/pkgsrc
% grep -rl MESA_REQD .
./graphics/Mesa/buildlink2.mk
./graphics/Mesa/Makefile
./graphics/Mesa/Makefile.common
./graphics/glu/Makefile
./graphics/glu/buildlink2.mk
./graphics/MesaLib/buildlink2.mk
./graphics/MesaLib/Makefile
./graphics/glut/buildlink2.mk
./graphics/glut/Makefile
./graphics/MesaDemos/Makefile
% foreach i ( graphics/Mesa graphics/glu graphics/MesaLib graphics/glut graphics/MesaDemos )
foreach? ( cd $i ; make show-vars VARNAMES=MESA_REQD )
foreach? ( cd $i ; make MESA_REQD=11 show-vars VARNAMES=MESA_REQD )
foreach? end
5.0
11
5.0
11
5.0
11
5.0
11
5.0
11

seems reasonable to me.

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