X11 ports

[Blair Zajac]

Mark Duling wrote:
> So I've never dealt with porting X11 programs before.  Since we all use a
> non-MacPorts X11 now, does that make it acceptable to write outside
> ${prefix] for X11 ports?  Specifically, this submission writes to
> /usr/X11R6/bin/ and /usr/X11R6/lib (via destroot).  Please advise.
> 
> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/7488

I don't know if writing outside ${prefix} is fine, but there is precedence for 
it in the Xaw3d package, which writes include and library files into /usr/X11R6.

Regards,
Blair

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