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| author | jmmv <jmmv@pkgsrc.org> | 2003-09-17 19:04:21 +0000 |
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| committer | jmmv <jmmv@pkgsrc.org> | 2003-09-17 19:04:21 +0000 |
| commit | 51eba3e74c8e6fb70e6863592b23b63285e51dd4 (patch) | |
| tree | 375759ab52f0eaa4e092120a08e8d9baa4176156 /Packages.txt | |
| parent | bc4883faff4ebe30e4c4e18768c81f07130090ce (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-51eba3e74c8e6fb70e6863592b23b63285e51dd4.tar.gz | |
Document USE_X11 and explain when X11 packages should be placed under LOCALBASE
and when under X11BASE. Closes PR pkg/21759.
Diffstat (limited to 'Packages.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Packages.txt | 23 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt index 7a365c7c56b..4076a62b6e7 100644 --- a/Packages.txt +++ b/Packages.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.307 2003/08/30 22:01:36 seb Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.308 2003/09/17 19:04:21 jmmv Exp $ ########################################################################### ========================== @@ -1267,11 +1267,22 @@ When choosing which of these variables to use, follow the following rules: ${X11BASE}. * X11 based pkgs are special in that they may be installed in either - X11BASE or LOCALBASE. To install X11 packages in LOCALBASE, simply - install the xpkgwedge package (pkgsrc/pkgtools/xpkgwedge). - If you need to find includes or libraries installed by a pkg that has - USE_IMAKE or USE_X11BASE in its pkg Makefile, you need to use _both_ - ${X11BASE} and ${LOCALBASE}. + X11BASE or LOCALBASE. + + Usually, X11 packages should be installed under LOCALBASE whenever + possible. Note that you will need to set USE_X11 in them to request + the presence of X11 and to get the right compilation flags. + + Even though, there are some packages that cannot be installed under + LOCALBASE: those that come with app-defaults files. These packages are + special and they must be placed under X11BASE. To accomplish this, + set either USE_X11BASE or USE_IMAKE in your package. + + Some notes: USE_X11 and USE_X11BASE are mutually exclusive. If you need + to find includes or libraries installed by a pkg that has USE_IMAKE or + USE_X11BASE in its pkg Makefile, you need to use _both_ ${X11BASE} and + ${LOCALBASE}. To install all X11 packages in LOCALBASE, simply install + the xpkgwedge package (pkgsrc/pkgtools/xpkgwedge). * ${X11PREFIX} should be used to refer to the installed location of an X11 package. X11PREFIX will be set to ${X11BASE} if xpkgwedge is not installed, |