Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 23:20:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/20601: DESTDIR and /etc/shells Message-ID: <200106080620.f586K2q15182@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/20601; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
To: Laurent Wacrenier <lwa@teaser.fr>
Cc: lwa@victor.teaser.fr, markp@FreeBSD.org,
freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: ports/20601: DESTDIR and /etc/shells
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 09:16:01 +0300
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 08:00:50PM +0200, Laurent Wacrenier wrote:
> Laurent Wacrenier wrote:
> >
> > - ${PREFIX} does not contain ${DESTDIR}, If I install bash with DESTDIR=/mnt,
> > ${PREFIX} still has its default value of /usr/local, so, you have not
> > to trim /mnt from ${PREFIX} in ${DESTDIR}/etc/shells contents.
>
> Sorry, I re-checked my assertion, you'd right.
> ${DESTDIR} is praticaly not used in bsd.port.mk except
> to be prepended to actual ${PREFIX}.
>
> As you saifd, the problem is deeper, some ports hardcoding ${PREFIX}
> in theyre binary may be wrong.
PREFIX does not contain DESTDIR only if you build and install the port
with different environment settings, which is generally a Bad Thing (tm).
G'luck,
Peter
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