The following reply was made to PR bin/120963; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To: TATEOKA Takamichi <tate@cs.uec.ac.jp>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: bin/120963: X11 forwarding cannot work
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:00:40 +0100
TATEOKA Takamichi wrote:
> From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
>>> Yes, I did fresh install 6.3R on a clean system. If this symbolic
>>> link is still required, 6.4R base system (or X11 ports?) should have
>>> this symbolic link, I think.
>> It should happen automatically when the xorg metaport is installed (this
>> is the best way to ensure you have a complete xorg installation). If
>> you only installed parts of xorg then you will have to add the symlink
>> by hand.
>
> Yes, I installed only ports/x11/xauth because the host is a firewall
> server and doesn't need almost X11 servers and applications.
> It may be a rare case, but I hope default X11BASE becomes /usr/local
> in future release.
Yes, it will be changed over time.
Thanks,
Kris