Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 17:27:30 +0100 (BST) From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/159551: ports(7) makes no mention of LOCALBASE Message-ID: <201108061627.p76GRUFi005719@lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk> Resent-Message-ID: <201108061630.p76GUDmY037225@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 159551 >Category: docs >Synopsis: ports(7) makes no mention of LOCALBASE >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Aug 06 16:30:13 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Matthew Seaman >Release: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 >Organization: Infracaninophile >Environment: System: FreeBSD lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #47 r224671: Sat Aug 6 10:59:06 BST 2011 root@lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LUCID-NONSENSE amd64 >Description: ports(7) makes no mention of LOCALBASE, which is bizarre as it is the master control for locating where ports will install files and look for files when resolving dependencies. ports(7) does mention PREFIX but doesn't make it clear that the setting only applies to the port currently being installed. In fact, the current description of PREFIX is likely to confuse readers into thinking that PREFIX does what LOCALBASE does. Also PREFIX generally inherits its setting from LOCALBASE unless overridden. (Except for eg. Linux binaries where LINUXBASE is used instead) >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- ports.7.diff begins here --- Index: ports.7 =================================================================== --- ports.7 (revision 224671) +++ ports.7 (working copy) @@ -408,10 +408,13 @@ .It Va PKGFILE The full path to the package. .El +.It Va LOCALBASE +Where to install things in general, and where to search for files when +resolving dependencies (usually +.Pa /usr/local ) . .It Va PREFIX -Where to install things in general -(usually -.Pa /usr/local ) . +Where to install this port (usually set to the same as +.Va LOCALBASE ) . .It Va MASTER_SITES Primary sites for distribution files if not found locally. .It Va PATCH_SITES --- ports.7.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:help
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