From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 23 3: 4:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mobil.cz (diana.mobil.cz [195.39.16.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDD2337B405 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 03:04:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from ester.mobil.cz (ester.mobil.cz [194.213.62.23]) by mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id fANB45g30218 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 12:04:05 +0100 Received: from roman.mobil.cz ([10.2.0.89]) by ester.mobil.cz (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.7) with ESMTP id 2001112311594740:1233 ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 11:59:47 +0100 Received: (from roman@localhost) by roman.mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fANBA3j17646 for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 12:10:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from neuhauser@mobil.cz) X-Authentication-Warning: roman.mobil.cz: roman set sender to neuhauser@mobil.cz using -f Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 12:10:03 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/ports question Message-ID: <20011123121003.A26507@roman.mobil.cz> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <66548662@toto.iv> <15356.6372.508616.392204@guru.mired.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <15356.6372.508616.392204@guru.mired.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 11/23/2001 11:59:47 AM, Serialize by Router on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 11/23/2001 11:59:52 AM, Serialize complete at 11/23/2001 11:59:52 AM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: Mike Meyer > Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:13:08 -0600 > To: "Bara Zani" > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: /usr/ports question > > Bara Zani types: > > Hi , > > I want to change the default install options of a certain port , how can i > > do that ? > > If you're talking about location, use PREFIX. That's the top of the > tree for installs, so binariexz go in $PREFIX/bin, man pages in > $PREFIX/man, and so on. However, changing the PREFIX for just one > port isn't very safe - you really should make them *all* install with > the same PREFIX, which you do by setting LOCALBASE in > /etc/make.conf. Even then, some ports will break for one reason or > another because they don't handle the change properly. This has always made me wonder: the install prefix of every port is recorded in /var/db/pkg//+CONTENTS. Why isn't this information used? -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 11:54AM up 30 days, 22:37, 12 users, load averages: 0.24, 0.10, 0.07 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message