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Subject: Re: samba port install failure... general question
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 18:17:18 -0500
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> is there a reason for a port to assume it's installed in
> /usr/local? I just tried to build samba-devel, and it failed,
> because there's no /usr/local/samba/share/ (the command line
> was # make PREFIX="/usr/local/samba" install, Makefile contains
>
> post-install:
>         ${MKDIR} ${PREFIX}/share/examples/samba
>
PREFIX is not always /usr/local, but you can assume that the ports system
wants to install into a PREFIX that looks like /usr/local or it will try to
make your PREFIX look like /usr/local basically.

> and other things like that, and # make install failed with
>
> Installing SWAT in /usr/local/samba/share/swat
> Installing the Samba Web Administration Tool
> mkdir: /usr/local/samba/share: No such file or directory
> Failed to make directory /usr/local/samba/share/swat, does root
> have privileges?
>
This would be because ports can't modify directories under /usr/local or
create them for that matter(to the best of my knowledge, I"m sure someone
more knowledgeable could comment).  If you want it installed in
/usr/local/samba, just download the tarball and compile it to avoid this
problem if you absolutely need it in /usr/local/samba, but that's not the
best place for it, where the port puts it is probably the place you would
want it 95% of the time.

> I tried to workaround the limitation with this:
>
> [toor(root)@freepuppy samba-devel]# mkdir /usr/local/samba/share
> [toor(root)@freepuppy samba-devel]# make clean
> [toor(root)@freepuppy samba-devel]# make PREFIX="/usr/local/samba" build
> [toor(root)@freepuppy samba-devel]# make install
>
If you run

mkdir /tmp/samba
make clean install PREFIX=/tmp/samba

that will prove that they don't assume PREFIX=/usr/local

From my understanding ports can't modify anything under /usr/local that
doesn't already exist and that's where your problem lies.  So a solution for
you would be to let it install it where it wants or compile it from the
source.



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