Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:22:47 +0200 From: Thierry Herbelot <thierry@herbelot.com> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>, Simon Barner <barner@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: settings PORTSDIR with symlinked /usr/ports Message-ID: <200506281522.48565.thierry@herbelot.com> In-Reply-To: <20050628125857.GC68300@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <200506281236.08334.thierry@herbelot.com> <200506281435.33658.thierry@herbelot.com> <20050628125857.GC68300@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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Le Tuesday 28 June 2005 14:58, Stijn Hoop a écrit :
>
> Discussions in the past have led to the same conclusion: if you
> symlink /usr/ports, you need to set PORTSDIR to the new location.
fine : will do !
this could perhaps be added to the ports(7) man page :
PORTSDIR Location of the ports tree. This is /usr/ports on FreeBSD
and OpenBSD, and /usr/pkgsrc on NetBSD.
+ It must be set when /usr/ports is a symlink to the real directory.
thanks to all
TfH
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