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Subject: Re: something: DESTDIR is not a user settable variable
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Olivier Gautherot <olivier@gautherot.net> writes:

> I'm hitting regularly the same problem with various ports that deinstall
> properly during upgrades but won't reinstall. I had the case with firefox
> this morning.
> 
> The typical message is:
> 
>     bash-2.05b$ sudo make install clean
>     firefox-1.0.1.p_4: DESTDIR is not a user settable variable
>     *** Error code 1
> 
> Can anyone tell me where the message is coming from and how to
> overcome it? I've tried to grep "user settable" but did not find it...
> 
> For what it's worth, here is my uname -a:
>     FreeBSD ogautherot.og-lan.freesurf.fr 5.2.1-RELEASE
>     FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul  5 19:32:44 CEST 2004
>     root@ogautherot.og-lan.freesurf.fr:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/OG_CONF  i386

What's in your make.conf file?  [Not DESTDIR, is it?]