Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:49:04 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Andrew Boothman <andrew@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports Distfiles Message-ID: <15154.27600.242086.673003@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <40396648@toto.iv>
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Andrew Boothman <andrew@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> types: > Hi! > > I'm trying to install a port on a machine where I don't have access to the > root account. I know I can do > > make WRKDIRPREFIX=~/ports/tmp PREFIX=~/ports > > to have the port built in my home directory, but how do I tell make to look > somewhere other than /usr/ports/distfiles for the tar.gz file that contains > the port? Use DISTDIR: make WRKDIRPREFIX=~/ports/tmp PREFIX=~/ports DISTDIR=~/ports/distfiles This is documented in the make.conf man page. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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