From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 26 09:47:18 2012 Return-Path: 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 E2A09106564A for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:47:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byu17@uclive.ac.nz) Received: from tx2outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com (tx2ehsobe003.messaging.microsoft.com [65.55.88.13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A463A8FC0A for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:47:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail31-tx2-R.bigfish.com (10.9.14.251) by TX2EHSOBE007.bigfish.com (10.9.40.27) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.1.225.23; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:45:37 +0000 Received: from mail31-tx2 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail31-tx2-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AEE2AC00DC for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:45:37 +0000 (UTC) X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:207.46.4.139; KIP:(null); UIP:(null); IPV:NLI; H:SN2PRD0202HT011.namprd02.prod.outlook.com; RD:none; EFVD:NLI X-SpamScore: 0 X-BigFish: PS0(zzzz1202hzzz2dh2a8h668h839hd25he5bhf0ah) Received: from mail31-tx2 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail31-tx2 (MessageSwitch) id 1340703936330395_5422; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:45:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from TX2EHSMHS005.bigfish.com (unknown [10.9.14.244]) by mail31-tx2.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CA4A74004C for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:45:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from SN2PRD0202HT011.namprd02.prod.outlook.com (207.46.4.139) by TX2EHSMHS005.bigfish.com (10.9.99.105) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.225.23; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:45:36 +0000 Received: from blackbox.hansons (121.73.118.140) by pod51004.outlook.com (10.27.51.105) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.15.86.1; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:47:15 +0000 Message-ID: <4FE98520.3000702@uclive.ac.nz> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:47:12 +1200 From: Benjamin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120526 Thunderbird/12.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [121.73.118.140] X-OriginatorOrg: uclive.ac.nz Subject: Linux software won't install were it's told to! 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: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:47:19 -0000 Disclosure: I have posted this question on the forums too. I am still attempting to port Quartus II design software to FreeBSD. I am making progress, with the help of this list and others. My latest problem is strange. I've followed all the shell script wrappers to find the actual installation binary that is run. It takes an option that lets the user specify where to install (-t ). When I run it thus: # altera_installer_cmd --source=/usr/ports/cad/quartus_ii/work --install=quartus_free -w -t /home/benjamin/some_dir --no_space_check It installs to some_dir in my home directory, as expected. If I change the install path to /usr/local however: # altera_installer_cmd --source=/usr/ports/cad/quartus_ii/work --install=quartus_free -w -t /usr/local/quartus --no_space_check (the only difference between the two commands is the "-t " bit) It somehow installs to /compat/linux/usr/local/quartus rather than /usr/local/quartus! It is almost as if there is a magic "symlink" redirecting certain folders, but it doesn't redirect when I specify my home directory. What could be going on here?