Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:06:30 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports and DESTDIR (was: Second "RFC" on pkg-data idea for ports) Message-ID: <20040414210630.4353e27c@Magellan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20040413181311.GA5858@schweikhardt.net> References: <p0602040cbca10a7dbe52@[128.113.24.47]> <200404131516.i3DFGMJA078941@green.homeunix.org> <20040413181311.GA5858@schweikhardt.net>
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On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:13:11 +0200 Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> wrote: > For starters: one real BIG problem (at least for me) the ports system > still has is a lack of DESTDIR support. We can > > make installkernel DESTDIR=/foo > make installworld DESTDIR=/foo > > but try this with ports and let all hope go. There is even a PR in the > queue that solves some issues, but it has been left to rot for years, > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/28155 I fail to see how you want to solve the DESTDIR= issue for every installation procedure we have in the ports tree. You have to convince every autoconf, automake, custom made, what ever "makefile" to respect DESTDIR in his "make install" target. For 10.000 ports this is a lot of work. Any idea how to solve this problem? Bye, Alexander. -- I'm available to get hired. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7
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