Problem with port libX11-1.2.1

[Kris Moore]

On Sun, 20 Sep 2009, John Hein wrote:

> Timothy Myers wrote at 12:47 -0500 on Sep 20, 2009:
> > Dear maintainer,
> >                 Here is the config.log (attached), the output from the
> > failed make command (1st) and the output of ls /var/db/pkg (2nd).
> >                 While this specific error occurred while trying to make K3B,
> > this same error also occurred while I was trying to make Yakuake.
> >
>  .
>  .
> > ===>  Configuring for
> > libX11-1.2.1_1,1
> > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g
> > wheel
> > checking whether build environment is sane...
> > yes
> > checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c
> > -d
> > checking for gawk...
> > gawk
> > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)...
> > yes
> > checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles...
> > no
> > checking if xorg-macros used to generate configure is at least 1.2... yes,
> > 1.2.1
>   .
>   .
>   .
> > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
> > checking whether cc accepts -g... (cached) yes
> > checking for cc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
> > checking dependency style of cc... (cached) gcc3
> > CWARNFLAGS+= -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement: not found
> > checking for cpp... /usr/bin/cpp
> > checking if /usr/bin/cpp requires -undef... yes
> > checking if /usr/bin/cpp requires -traditional... yes
> > checking whether to use XCB... (cached) yes
> > ./configure: 12276: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
>
>
> This complaint pops up on the list once every week or two.
>
> It's not an x11 problem, but some problem with autoconf
>
> In your case, it may be compounded by running in a PC-BSD environment.
> Maybe other PC-BSD lurkers on the list can comment.
>

On PC-BSD 7.x you have to do things a bit differently to compile in the proper LOCALBASE.
Here's the docs:

http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/PC-BSD_Users_Handbook#Switching_to_the_FreeBSD_LOCALBASE


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Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software