Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 19:35:06 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Jones <pjones@pmade.org> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: Allan Dib <dib.allan.l@edumail.vic.gov.au>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing a port Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011191933540.47420-100000@pmade.org> In-Reply-To: <20001119210832.B69727@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Stijn Hoop wrote: > Hum, I can't think right away of a difference other than that the first is > a lot shorter. > > 'make install' does a 'make all' (which is what you get if you type 'make') > internally. > > The most secure method would be to do 2 separate steps: > 1. cd /usr/ports/foobar && make > as a user I don't think that this will work unless the user has write permission to /usr/ports/distfiles and /usr/ports/foobar. > 2. become root and do > cd /usr/ports/foobar && make install > > However, this breaks if the port needs to install any dependencies (because > it'll try to install those using your user account), so you'll have to > install each port manually. > > For normal use, just use 'make install' as root and you'll be fine. > > HTH, > > --Stijn -- ....................................................................... : Peter Jones : Unix Geek - Four Wheeling : : pjones@pmade.org : Code Writing - Jesus Freak : :....................................:................................: :echo er|perl -0160 -pe ';$;=ord$/;s;^;"\U$/".chr($\;-11).chr$\;+4;e;': :.....................................................................: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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