Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 08:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/30380: Maintainer update: devel/gengetopt (2.4) Message-ID: <200109071510.f87FA3883913@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/30380; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
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Subject: Re: ports/30380: Maintainer update: devel/gengetopt (2.4)
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 18:03:30 +0300
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 08:00:07AM -0700, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 04:20:38PM +0200, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> > Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 05:40:03AM -0700, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> > > > The following reply was made to PR ports/30380; it has been noted by GNATS.
> > > >
> > > > From: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net>
> > > >
> > > > could you also add the following line below USE_GMAKE,
> > > >
> > > > MAKE_ARGS= prefix=${PREFIX}
> > >
> > > Does this really need to be in MAKE_ARGS? Does it not rather belong
> > > in MAKE_ENV?
> >
> > no, using gmake, this doesn't work using MAKE_ENV. MAKE_ARGS does.
> >
> > in fact, this hack allow you to build things for one destination and
> > to install them somewhere else (for installation tests for exemple).
> > I'll propose to make USE_GMAKE a dependency of GNU_CONFIGURE as well
> > as MAKE_ARGS+= prefix=${PREFIX} to make things working better...
>
> OBTW, I don't think building things for one destination and isntalling
> them into another is supported by the ports system. Even if it were,
> most automake-generated Makefiles have more than one variable for
> a destination dir location, not just 'prefix'.
Of course, this applies to most auto*conf*-generated Makefiles,
not just for automake.
G'luck,
Peter
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