From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 21 16:48:43 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC2AB16FBA2 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:48:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F7F013C428 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:48:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B12321A000B1B for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:22:30 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at smtp.sd73.bc.ca Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id pLMBu868Qd4A for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:22:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from coal (s10.sbo [192.168.0.10]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBA001A000B19 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:22:28 -0800 (PST) From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:22:27 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <29968.62653.qm@web62206.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <29968.62653.qm@web62206.mail.re1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200702210822.28123.fcash@ocis.net> Subject: Re: Question About Python Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:48:43 -0000 On Wednesday 21 February 2007 07:48 am, Drew Jenkins wrote: > I'm rebuilding a server because of a hardware failure that has > corrupted various s/w, including the OS. The server I'm rebuilding was > built by someone else. That person spent a lot of time developing a > certain s/w package that I haven't had time to study enough to claim > any expertise. So, I need to rebuild similar to how he built. However, > he didn't understand FBSD's port system. He built everything from > source...including python. He has some links in his s/w to the python > dirs he built. I can easily put symlinks where his links are and build > from ports...obviously my preference. However, I can't figure out > *where* the ports build! That is, in a standard built-from-source > python, one enters the dir, issues an "ls" and sees dirs like "lib", > "etc", etc. Where are these dirs in a built-from-port python? TIA, Ports install under /usr/local/. If you do an ls under there, you'll find lib/ bin/ libexec/ share/ man/ and so on. Read through the hier(7) man page for more information on the directory layout used. -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net