Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:40:52 +0000 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports/158179: some packages do not fully honor -P dir option in pkg_add(1) Message-ID: <5f9e652f030e9b3ea9fb3afbd4b5863b@etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <20110719184133.185870@gmx.com> References: <20110719184133.185870@gmx.com>
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On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:41:31 +0000, Dieter BSD wrote: >> 1. Spell out very clearly its purpose - is it to populate a jail, >> for >> example? > > Populating a chroot/jail is one purpose. > Corrupting the pkgdb there is a chroot option for that > Another is to test a new version of a package without messing up the > existing version. > it will mess up the database either > There are bound to be other reasons. > > Compiling the port rather than installing a package isn't always > a solution. Many ports are incredibly difficult to get compiled. > > PREFIX needs to be an install time variable, not compile time. PREFIX at install time is just broken and can't be anything else than broken, because lot's of path given a build time configuration path for example, etc. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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