Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 09:24:03 -0500 (CDT) From: "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org> To: <simond@irrelevant.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Modifying a port for local use Message-ID: <24097.63.104.35.130.1030631043.squirrel@babylon.polands.org> In-Reply-To: <20020829061358.GA797@irrelevant.org> References: <20020828163410.A1930@polands.org> <20020829061358.GA797@irrelevant.org>
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Simon Dick said:
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 04:34:10PM -0500, Doug Poland wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I want to modify a port ( squirrelmail-1.2.7 ) for use on my system.
>> The issue is where the port is installed. The Makefile lets the ports
>> system install into /usr/local. However, I want it installed into
>> /data/www.
>>
>
> The normal way to do it doesn't even require altering the makefile, just
> try this:
> cd /usr/ports/mail/squirrelmail
> make PREFIX=/data/www
> make PREFIX=/data/www install
>
> and that should be recorded into the pkg db once it's installed.
> (it works, I create ports using that method so ask more if you still
> have problems :)
>
Hi Simon,
I tried your suggestion and it did install my port in the location
specified by PREFIX. However, it still creates the following directories
in PREFIX { bin etc include info lib libdata libexec man sbin share} and
pkg_delete is trying to delete files from /usr/local instead of PREFIX.
Is the port system not designed to install outside /usr/local no matter
how one slices it?
Many thanks for your help.
--
Regards,
Doug
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