Strange error when compiling ports on FreeBSD

I was compiling portaudit on an older FreeBSD 5.3 machine today and received this strange message after typing make.

On FreeBSD before 6.2 ports system unfortunately can not set default X11BASE by itself so please help it a bit by setting X11BASE=${LOCALBASE} in make.conf.
On the other hand, if you do wish to use non-default X11BASE, please set variable USE_NONDEFAULT_X11BASE.
*** Error code 1

Strange, since I have X11 disabled in /etc/make.conf and the port in question doesn’t depend on X11. Anyway, simply adding the suggested line to my make.conf resolved the issue.

One Reply to “Strange error when compiling ports on FreeBSD”

  1. I have the exact same error, and I do not have X installed, either. I am trying to install MySQL51-server. Any others have this issue, or know of a resolution?

    Curry

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