Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc

[Hubert Feyrer <feyrer%rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de@localhost>]

On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, John Darrow wrote:
> >On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Alistair G. Crooks wrote:
> >> Add a new X11PREFIX definition, which reflects the PREFIX for X11
> >> packages, and set it to LOCALBASE or X11BASE accordingly.
> 
> >What's the difference to PREFIX?
> >Are X pkgs expected to use X11PREFIX instead of PREFIX?
> 
> No, it's for non-X packages which need to know where an X package is located.
> For example, net/ethereal is not USE_X11BASE, but it needs to know where
> GTK (which _is_ USE_X11BASE) is located.

Uh, and why not just use $X11BASE to find gtk?
AFACT, we've alwayse used $LOCALBASE and $X11BASE to reference files from
other pkgs...


 - Hubert

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