Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:37:31 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "John E. Hein" <jhein@timing.com> Cc: Octave maintainer <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bad link in octave when install package using pkg_add -p Message-ID: <20030909153731.GC7136@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200309090501.h8951BVQ000324@Elmer.timing.com> References: <200309090501.h8951BVQ000324@Elmer.timing.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--1ccMZA6j1vT5UqiK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 11:01:12PM -0600, John E. Hein wrote: >=20 > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Originator: John E. Hein > >Organization: Timing Solutions > >Confidential: no > >Synopsis: bad link in octave when install package using pkg_add -p > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: medium > >Category: ports > >Class: sw-bug > >Release: FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE i386 > >Environment: > System: FreeBSD Elmer.timing.com 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: Wed = Jan 2 03:24:03 MST 2002 root@Bugs.timing.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/LOCAL_MP = i386 >=20 >=20 >=20 > >Description: >=20 > If you build a package for math/octave, then try to install > the package to a non-default location using pkg_add -p (as > you might if you were building a system under a different > mount point, like a chroot), the lib/octave sym link will > point to the wrong place. This is not supported. Many ports need to hard-code their installation prefix within binaries, so there's no way in general to make this work. Kris --1ccMZA6j1vT5UqiK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/XfO6Wry0BWjoQKURAl8KAJ95gjx4oocGrPQXGoahxBlNvhbKaQCZAbHv irNb3w6OErzfslEHmia8LHM= =bMzE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1ccMZA6j1vT5UqiK--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030909153731.GC7136>