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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 11:59:08PM -0700, iLLfated wrote:
> Greetings,
>=20
>   Lo all i've been trying to use:=20
>=20
> make install --prefix=3D"/my/path"=20
>=20
> to install a port to an alternate path. I also tried
> export PREFIX=3D"/my/path" and prefix=3D/my/path" one of
> them seems to work for some packages but not all. I've
> been trying to glean info from the port creation
> documentation tho i'm having a hard time figuring it
> out.

PREFIX is the correct way to do it.  Ports that do not respect this
are broken; please contact the maintainer or use send-pr to note the
problem.

Kris

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