From: Joachim Schipper (j.schippermath.uu.nl)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2006 - 03:55:29 CST

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On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 07:01:26PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Hannah Schroeter <hannahschlund.de> writes:
>
> > X isn't in packages, but in simple tarballs.
> >
> > cd / ; for i in some/path/x*.tgz; do tar xvvzpf $i; done
> >
> > Configure if needed, run X.
> >
>
> Nick Holland <nickholland-consulting.net> writes:
>
>
> > No.
> > X is not a "package". It is a file set, not part of the ports tree.
>
> Not to be argumentative but ratpoison is still dependant on it [them].
> Seems that should be made apparent in the ports search output somehow eh?

Well, you *are* under /usr/ports/x11...

It could be argued that some output might be desirable here; but on the
other hand, this would lead to lots of people asking on misc where this
'x' package can be found...

                Joachim

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