Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:54:17 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org, QAT@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: emulators/linux_base-fc4 - fails: mtree Message-ID: <20090602085417.118069r7673frxc0@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20090531192400.0a78e56c@it.buh.tecnik93.com> References: <20090529114800.E8CF08FC50@release.ixsystems.com> <20090531105110.0000391a@unknown> <20090531192400.0a78e56c@it.buh.tecnik93.com>
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Quoting Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> (from Sun, 31 May 2009 19:24:00 +0300): > On Sun, 31 May 2009 10:51:10 +0200 > Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote: >> The PREFIX of such a port is for sure not equal to LOCALBASE like for >> other ports. And if there's a mtree error, then I'm not surprised, as >> LOCALBASE (= mtree base) is unequal to LINUXBASE (= PREFIX in the >> default case). > > If USE_LINUX_PREFIX=yes PREFIX defaults to LINUXBASE (/compat/linux); > and it makes sense not to install them since ports in case > PREFIX=LOCALBASE since it has very good chances to overwrite files with > the same name installed by native ports. > > So I think that if PREFIX=LOCALBASE all USE_LINUX_PREFIX ports should be > marked broken. I'm a little bit reluctant to mark all those ports broken for this reason. ;-) The reason is: while I don't know a good reason why someone would do this, I don't expect that I know all reasons. If someone is doing something like this and installs a linux base port, then he either knows exactly what he is doing, or he has absolutely no clue what he is doing. In the former case I don't want to put obstacles into the way, in the later case you will never have enough obstacles to cover all cases. In all the years since I feel responsible for the basic architecture of the linux_base ports, I never got a report about someone having a problem related to this (or at least I don't remember a report... ;-) ). Bye, Alexander. -- The other day I put instant coffee in my microwave oven ... I almost went back in time. -- Steven Wright http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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