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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:16:55 -0700
Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote:

> when it is run.  My port currently installs with SGE_ROOT equal to
> ${PREFIX}/sge which should be fine for most people, but I'd like to
> support installation at an arbitrary location.  Is there a reasionable
> way to do that?  The only real issue seems to be with the plist.  I

Use PLIST_SUB (it's used in many ports, so you should find enough
examples).

IMHO it isn't necessary to allow this, we have a lot of ports which
behave like this and don't offer this functionality (and so far: nobody
complained).

Bye,
Alexander.

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