Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:22:27 -0800 From: Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question About Python Ports Message-ID: <200702210822.28123.fcash@ocis.net> In-Reply-To: <29968.62653.qm@web62206.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <29968.62653.qm@web62206.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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On Wednesday 21 February 2007 07:48 am, Drew Jenkins wrote: > I'm rebuilding a server because of a hardware failure that has > corrupted various s/w, including the OS. The server I'm rebuilding was > built by someone else. That person spent a lot of time developing a > certain s/w package that I haven't had time to study enough to claim > any expertise. So, I need to rebuild similar to how he built. However, > he didn't understand FBSD's port system. He built everything from > source...including python. He has some links in his s/w to the python > dirs he built. I can easily put symlinks where his links are and build > from ports...obviously my preference. However, I can't figure out > *where* the ports build! That is, in a standard built-from-source > python, one enters the dir, issues an "ls" and sees dirs like "lib", > "etc", etc. Where are these dirs in a built-from-port python? TIA, Ports install under /usr/local/. If you do an ls under there, you'll find lib/ bin/ libexec/ share/ man/ and so on. Read through the hier(7) man page for more information on the directory layout used. -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net
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