From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 29 15:48:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 7EE2D16A400 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:48:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com (dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com [68.99.120.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1382B13C448 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:48:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dukecmmtao03 ([172.18.22.61]) by dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with SMTP id <20070329154810.GVME12099.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03>; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:48:10 -0400 X-Mailer: Openwave WebEngine, version 2.8.16 (webedge20-101-1106-20040809) From: Vizion Organization: vizion Communications To: Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 8:48:10 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20070329154810.GVME12099.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03> Cc: youshi10@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: ports installation location 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: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:48:12 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Garrett Cooper > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:21 AM > To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ports installation location > > Vizion wrote: > > How does one specify a non-standard location for installing a port? > > > > For example I want to have multiple instances of www/joomla > installed for multiple virtual hosts. How can I best go about this? > > > > How about upgrades? > > david > > Can't do that with ports (unless you make your own ports > files), but you > can do it with ./configure --prefix, and then add some > 'version tagging' > of your own if you like, i.e. joomla directory => > joomla-x.y.z,_r, etc. > > It ultimately requires more work on your end though.. > -Garrett Thanks Garret -- you are always so helpful. I see the principle you are driving at.. but am not quite up to understanding how to go about it. To be honest I am struggling to get my head around the port makefiles and their syntax!! It looks as though it should be easy -- but I seem to make progress far too slowly!! Am I right in assuming you are suggesting that modify the Makefile so that I would be able to: # make ./configure --/my/path/A --/my/path/B etc and that would mean adding lines to the makefile to fulfill my ./configure --[path] --[path] If that is what you mean - would you have the time to give me an example I can work from? If you have it would be great -- if not that is fine too Thanks again David