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Date:      Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:49:02 +0300
From:      Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org>
To:        Matthew Phillips <matthew@matthewphillips.info>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Confused by what make package should do
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On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 7:22=E2=80=AFPM Matthew Phillips
<matthew@matthewphillips.info> wrote:
>
> The porters handbook says:
>
> > Make sure that make package can be run as a normal user (that is, not
> > as root)
>
> However, the default `PREFIX` is /usr/local, and a non-root user cannot
> install to this folder.

`make package` only creates the .pkg file. It is `make install` that
performs the installation.



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