Date: 14 Nov 2003 09:04:10 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Rich Winkel <rich@math.missouri.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: p5 ports don't respect LOCALBASE Message-ID: <44fzgrt5b9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200311132116.hADLGO93049276@pencil.math.missouri.edu> References: <200311132116.hADLGO93049276@pencil.math.missouri.edu>
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Rich Winkel <rich@math.missouri.edu> writes: > I support various types of servers and workstations which need > different "local" software sets. I do all my building on one > machine, so I use LOCALBASE and PKG_DBDIR in /etc/make.conf to > keep the various configurations separate. Unfortunately many ports > don't respect the LOCALBASE setting and install into /usr/local, > even while recording the packing list as being in LOCALBASE! > > The p5 ports seem especially bad about this. I understand the > need for perl to be able to find its local packages, so after I > manually fix things up I need to know how to tell perl to look > for its stuff under LOCALBASE instead of /usr/local. Can someone > tell me? > > Or alternatively, has someone else found a better way to deal with > the whole problem of maintaining different software sets?? This is really a ports question, so I'm redirecting there. Apparently you're dealing with bugs in the ports, but it's hard to be sure without more details. Can you give a specific example?
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