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Date:      Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:40:11 -0500
From:      Wesley Shields <wxs@csh.rit.edu>
To:        Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mambo -- install dir
Message-ID:  <20051013204011.GA41899@csh.rit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200510131225.10506.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
References:  <200510131225.10506.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>

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On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 12:25:09PM -0700, Vizion wrote:
> Hi
> 
> How can I configure install so that mambo is installed into the directory of 
> my choosing?
> 
> By default mambo installs in /usr/local/www
> 
> However for virtual web servers on on my systems I have:
> 
> /usr2/virtualservers/server1
> /usr2/virtualservers/server2
> 
> etc etc
> 
> 
> <Maybe I am missing something obvious -- but I cannot find a standard way to 
> customize target installation locations.
> 
> The over generalization that the default path is the correct path for 
> installation seems to be a curse in the freebsd ports system which is a 
> virulent nuisance in the ports/www but, although a less frequent cause of 
> difficulty  in other parts of the ports system, it remains a frequent cause 
> of difficulty.  
> 
> david

The Makefile defines the following:

MAMBO_DIR?=     www/${PORTNAME}

Other ports which do this (www/gallery comes to mind) have a pre-fetch
target which alerts the user that they can change the location.  Mambo
doesn't have such a thing, apparently.

-- WXS



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