Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 15:03:36 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Adam Glass <adam@clarity.net> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: using an alternate install prefix Message-ID: <20030420220336.GE78660@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20030420190705.GA21773@sea.clarity.net> References: <20030420062325.GB28069@sea.clarity.net> <20030420063317.GA75743@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030420190705.GA21773@sea.clarity.net>
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--YkJPYEFdoxh/AXLE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 12:07:05PM -0700, Adam Glass wrote: > Kris wrote: > > No, you need to set PREFIX as well. Some ports do not respect > > PREFIX, but that's a bug that should be reported via send-pr. >=20 > Hmm. Looks like I also need to set X11BASE and LINUXBASE; X11BASE > seems to have defaulted to PREFIX when I installed the > XFree86-4-libraries port, and all of that stuff ended up in /usr/pkg. Read the comments at the top of bsd.port.mk that explain all these variables. PREFIX is "Where should I install this port?". > Is /etc/make.conf ports-specific? (Or should I have these overrides > in another more specific/appropriate file?) I only want PREFIX set > like this when I'm building from ports. make.conf is used by all instances of 'make', but the variables are used by specific places. e.g. PREFIX is only used by ports. Kris --YkJPYEFdoxh/AXLE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+oxk4Wry0BWjoQKURAi2NAKD/fXNxnSDqcJBnIeRPRCPDIu0jygCgtUgR VjXIcCWEzlSe05lxaoBWuOQ= =Cs2Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YkJPYEFdoxh/AXLE--
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