Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 02:40:09 GMT From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/158179: some packages do not fully honor -P dir option in pkg_add(1) Message-ID: <201107170240.p6H2e9V7055554@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/158179; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> Cc: "bug-followup@freebsd.org" <bug-followup@freebsd.org>, "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org>, "freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com" <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com>, Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports/158179: some packages do not fully honor -P dir option in pkg_add(1) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:02:38 +0800 Unless say, you're doing package installation outside of a chroot/jail, to populate something inside a chroot/jail before you start said chroot/jail. Adrian On 17 July 2011 00:13, Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 16 Jul 2011 17:04, "Stephen Montgomery-Smith" <stephen@missouri.edu> > wrote: >> >> On 07/16/2011 10:53 AM, Chris Rees wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 16 Jul 2011 16:38, "Stephen Montgomery-Smith" <stephen@missouri.edu >>> <mailto:stephen@missouri.edu>> wrote: >>> =A0> For example, suppose the C source code contains something like: >>> =A0> char applications_dir =3D "/usr/local/share/applications"; >>> =A0> and this is filled in by the ./configure script. >>> =A0> >>> =A0> How is that handled? >>> =A0> >>> >>> It's not. >>> >>> Remember what a package is, literally the files from the plist tarred >>> with some magic +FILEs and the pkg-*install files- if paths are >>> hardcoded in objects that's how it'll be installed. >> >> >> What if some of the installation programs are binaries, and "/usr/local" > is hard coded into installation binaries or scripts provided by the softw= are > itself. > > Sorry, poor wording on my part. > > If it was compiled as prefix=3D/usr/local, that's how it'll be installed, > regardless of your -p argument. > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >
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