Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:29:44 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: jhell <jhell@DataIX.net> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org>, obrien@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: editors/vim installs to / Message-ID: <4C93CFB8.6000909@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4C93AA31.5080202@DataIX.net> References: <4C93AA31.5080202@DataIX.net>
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On 9/17/2010 10:49 AM, jhell wrote:
>
> After a force upgrade of vim that had failed unfortunately not
> registering the files it installed already I found out that it is
> installing to / ~!!!!! ugh.
>
> Why is ${PREFIX} being used and not ${LOCALBASE} ???
LOCALBASE is where the ports can find things that have been previously
installed. PREFIX is where a port will install into. Personally I've
never seen a valid argument for having 2 separate definitions, but
that's how it has always been.
hth,
Doug
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