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On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Jacob Meuser wrote:

> I'm a little curious about the ${LOCALBASE} and ${X11BASE} comments from
> a few days ago.  If I'm making port, and it's configure script can
> accept arguments like --with-png=<path> and --with-x-includes=<path>,
> AND the configure script already looks in /usr/local and /usr/X11R6,
> should the port still explicitly use CONFIGURE_ARGS =
> --with-png=${LOCALBASE} --with-x-includes=${X11BASE}/include?  Should
> similar CONFIGURE_ARGS (and CONFIGURE_ENV, MAKE_ENV etc) be used
> whenever possible, not just when necessary?

The aim is that ${LOCALBASE} works even when it's not /usr/local.

Not all ports do (but many of them do; I'm running quite a few as I
write), yet, but that is the goal. So: yes, use explicit paths.