Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:16:18 -0400 From: Matthew Phillips <matthew@matthewphillips.info> To: Kurt Hackenberg <kh@panix.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Confused by what make package should do Message-ID: <qsmooiagy7wo4gswtozd4wwrnixlylgixg7dszurt45jfuzn2o@b4r7mapxvl5a> In-Reply-To: <76c14675-a782-49cc-8d61-ff96eaab83c8@panix.com> References: <i2u7ovhndcywc5kxloodmpm5xe6v7fw7ynxlqrxmbkul2ns3sk@mrylz3dakfpt> <CALH631k4KEd6ytxzB19mUZbzY=6frB=t0Y_pMyUUoD_fiB%2BFPw@mail.gmail.com> <e7jc6wvcyzd7dd5sntdkiruzqvwdegldbmtg3uem3njcstmjff@ojv5urlxga7b> <ZhltyecilpZuifCh@ilythia.eden.le-fay.org> <43xrg75pzztfrhlszhekdlfqyiqfmbkgimfdjosrjbbr4sjzfq@fnyqc35f6zyw> <76c14675-a782-49cc-8d61-ff96eaab83c8@panix.com>
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On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 03:06:16PM -0400, Kurt Hackenberg wrote: > On 2024/04/12 13:28, Matthew Phillips wrote: > > > It's trying to install the port itself. To /usr/local/bin specifically. > > It seems like it's running `make install` on the ports Makefile. > > From man ports(7): "package Make a binary package for the port. The port > will be installed if it has not already been." > > I think you want "make build", also documented in that man page. > > Thank you Kurt. Does that mean that the porters handbook is wrong (says it should be able to be run without root)? If so I can send a patch to reword that. Should the advice to be to run `make build` instead then?
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