Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 17:22:35 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porter's Handbook: PREFIX and DESTDIR Message-ID: <CAF6rxgkWHVdNsNeN1NuQ3ZGhj_OSq9tHriHN7ExO3Ya9C_4E_A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201040708490.25182@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201040708490.25182@wonkity.com>
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On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > The section on PREFIX and DESTDIR in the Porter's Handbook is unclear and > confusing. =C2=A0Following up from a thread in -doc, here are the propose= d > changes so far. Thanks for working on this. > Beyond some rewriting and clarification, I removed the mention of LOCALBA= SE > sometimes being /opt, which is covered by saying it can be a custom path. It may be useful to give an explicit example of what paths users choose. > Is there any reason to keep the references to /usr/X11R6? No, all references to X11BASE will be removed shortly anyways. > is not clear, and was rewritten to > > =C2=A0PREFIX should not be set explicitly in a port's Makefile. =C2=A0Use= rs > =C2=A0installing the port may have set PREFIX to a custom location, and t= he > =C2=A0port should respect that setting. > > Does that capture the intended meaning of the original? =C2=A0Has it left > anything out? This is much better. --=20 Eitan Adler
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