Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 19:46:38 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ldconfig finding libraries, but ld is not. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911161945190.9981-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <14384.55513.350588.305393@guru.phone.net>
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On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Mike Meyer wrote: > Kris Kennaway writes: > ;->David already answered this one. Packages, by necessity, often need to > ;->have some hardcoded prefix in them. If you don't like the default, you're > ;->free to build the port by hand by doing cd /usr/ports/foo/bar && make > ;->install PREFIX=/usr/mumble. Ports which don't allow this are broken and > ;->must be send-pr'ed so we can fix them. Vague complaints don't count :-) > > The next time I upgrade all/most of my ports, I'll probably point them > at something else. Then fix and send-pr (with patches, of course) > anything that doesn't work properly that way. Cool, thanks! > Of course, if the tool in question is something that comes in binary, > I'm pretty much scrod. This is true, but fortunately I don't think this is a frequent occurrance, if it happens at all. Still, let us know if you find one. Kris ---- Cthulhu for President! For when you're tired of choosing the _lesser_ of two evils.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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