Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2020 01:09:11 +0000 From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: "John-Mark Gurney" <jmg@funkthat.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org, imp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DISTDIR name collision... Message-ID: <7879A42C-460E-4AD3-8C45-BCABB9B8C38A@lists.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <20201106001347.GY31099@funkthat.com> References: <20201106001347.GY31099@funkthat.com>
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On 6 Nov 2020, at 0:13, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > I just discovered that we have a variable name colission between the > FreeBSD base repo, and the ports tree. DISTDIR is used by the ports > repo for: > # DISTDIR - Where to search for and store copies of original > sources > > But DISTDIR is also used by FreeBSD base for (from bsd.own.mk): > # DISTDIR Change the tree where the file for a distribution > # gets installed (see /usr/src/release/Makefile). [not > set] > > except that it doesn't just get used in release/Makefile, it's used in > the base Makefile.inc1 for a number of things that I'm not entirely > sure > what it's for. > > Can someone figure out what we should do in this case? > > This was discovered because ezjail-admin sets DISTDIR for ports, but > it > was breaking my -DNO_ROOT installworld by putting the METALOG in an > incorrectly documented place (since fixed)... See also: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232293
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