Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:45:31 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/editors/vim Makefile Message-ID: <20051026184529.GA83718@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20051026173222.GB99571@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200510240034.j9O0YDgG047096@repoman.freebsd.org> <20051024143613.hu726dyokc4wco88@netchild.homeip.net> <20051025051555.GD55418@dragon.NUXI.org> <20051025164813.GD16812@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051026173222.GB99571@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 10:32:22AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 12:48:15PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 10:15:55PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> > > To tell the truth I'm not sure the exact case Kris was trying to allo=
w.
> > > You are right that ac_default_prefix=3D${LOCALBASE} may be a better
> > > substitution.
> >=20
> > Perhaps you should have asked if you were unclear.
>=20
> Maybe. Or maybe the set of emails I got could have been more clear.
Again, please ask if you're confused by something instead of frobbing
things and hoping you're close enough. I tried to be as explicit as I
could in the emails I sent you (and other maintainers), but all it
took was a short request and I could have explained further to your
heart's content.
Anyway, to be clear:
LOCALBASE is where your port should look to find its dependencies
(i.e. files already installed by other ports).
PREFIX is where your port installs its own files.
> I
> spent several hours trying to whack ports into shape due to your emails -
> rather than ignore them. Figuring out how to whack this one on the head
> was particularly time consuming due to its obtuse build. Rather than be
> curt, now that I know how to change it - simply saying "XYZ" is a better
> subsitution would be nice. :-)
> =20
> > They may be different in some allowed cases.
>=20
> So I guess you were testing PREFIX=3D/foo LOCALBASE=3D/bar X11BASE=3D/baz.
I wasn't giving a distinct PREFIX since it's not globally appropriate
to do so (when the port is not a leaf port and it is used by others,
it should be installed in LOCALBASE so they can find it).
Kris
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