Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:16:40 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports and DESTDIR (was: Second "RFC" on pkg-data idea for ports) Message-ID: <20040414221640.3e12e6d7@Magellan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <p06020404bca348995845@[128.113.24.47]> References: <p0602040cbca10a7dbe52@[128.113.24.47]> <200404131516.i3DFGMJA078941@green.homeunix.org> <20040413181311.GA5858@schweikhardt.net> <20040414210630.4353e27c@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <p06020404bca348995845@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:03:02 -0400
Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> wrote:
> Another complication is that many ports include cross-references
> to themselves or other programs "on the system". If you install
> to /otherhost/usr/local/bin, then those ports will embed that
> installation path in the files they install. When you then
> run it on the other system, it references /other/usr/local
> instead of the /usr/local that you want it to use.
>
> I know I have been bitten by this on some occasions, although I
> can't think of a specific example right now...
Only if you misuse PREFIX for this. DESTDIR is an install-time only
variable.
Bye,
Alexander.
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