Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 13:09:17 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installing CD packages to HD? Message-ID: <14774.34893.26227.486067@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <39B61430.1F2F60BD@gmx.de> References: <14773.33577.842372.439782@guru.mired.org> <39B61430.1F2F60BD@gmx.de>
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Siegbert Baude writes: > Hi Mike, > > I believe the 4.0-RELEASE cdrom was equally damaged. Personally, I > > *hate* this. Since I build ports with LOCALBASE=/usr/opt, the packages > > are useless. Since the distfiles can be used to create the packages, > > but not vice versa, this is a loss in functionality. My use of the > > things is now restricted to dealing with -questions (as above), and > > making copies for friends who otherwise wouldn't look at FreeBSD. > Look at the -p (prefix) option of pkg_add. You can change the install directory > there. Hi Siegbert, While that will change the install directory, I find it hard to believe that it will change things like the file names in man pages, or the compiled-in paths to files, etc. In practice, I've noticed that doing a "make" with one prefix and a "make install" with another leads to confusing results. So while some things make work fine with the -p option, many won't. Thanx, <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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