Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:01:54 GMT From: Thomas Abthorpe <tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org, miwi@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/122578: Use of DESTDIR in portstree is deprecated, remove reference in Porters Handbook Message-ID: <200804081601.m38G1sHw014592@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200804081610.m38GA0dK014654@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 122578
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Use of DESTDIR in portstree is deprecated, remove reference in Porters Handbook
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Apr 08 16:10:00 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Thomas Abthorpe
>Release: FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE i386
>Organization:
FreeBSD.GoodKing.Ca
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD freefall.freebsd.org 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #33: Fri Feb 29 00:53:41 UTC 2008 simon@freefall.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/FREEFALL i386
>Description:
- Remove section refering to DESTDIR in portstree
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- ph-book.patch begins here ---
Index: book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.914
diff -u -r1.914 book.sgml
--- book.sgml 6 Apr 2008 21:48:28 -0000 1.914
+++ book.sgml 8 Apr 2008 15:47:04 -0000
@@ -8893,24 +8893,13 @@
</sect1>
<sect1 id="porting-prefix">
- <title><makevar>PREFIX</makevar> and <makevar>DESTDIR</makevar></title>
+ <title><makevar>PREFIX</makevar></title>
<para><makevar>PREFIX</makevar> determines the location where
the port will install. It is usually <filename>/usr/local</filename>,
or <filename>/opt</filename>. User can set <makevar>PREFIX</makevar>
to anything he wants. Your port must respect this variable.</para>
- <para><makevar>DESTDIR</makevar>, if set by user, determines the
- complete alternative environment, usually a jail, or an installed
- system mounted elsewhere than <filename>/</filename>.
- A port will actually install into
- <makevar>DESTDIR</makevar>/<makevar>PREFIX</makevar>, and register
- with the package database in <makevar>DESTDIR</makevar>/var/db/pkg.
- As <makevar>DESTDIR</makevar> is handled automatically by the
- ports infrastructure via calling &man.chroot.8;, you do not
- need any modifications or any extra care to write
- <makevar>DESTDIR</makevar>-compliant ports.</para>
-
<para>The value of <makevar>PREFIX</makevar> will be set
to <makevar>LOCALBASE</makevar> (default
<filename>/usr/local</filename>). If
--- ph-book.patch ends here ---
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