From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 13 09:57:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBBA916A4DA for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:57:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from babak@farrokhi.net) Received: from Plesk.datak.net (plesk.datak-telecom.net [81.91.129.96]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D30843D49 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:57:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from babak@farrokhi.net) Received: (qmail 65916 invoked from network); 13 Jul 2006 14:27:23 +0430 Received: from unknown (HELO ELF) (81.91.130.209) by 81.91.129.125 with (RC4-MD5 encrypted) SMTP; 13 Jul 2006 14:27:22 +0430 From: "Babak Farrokhi" To: Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:27:20 +0330 Message-ID: <000001c6a662$bce0e920$36a2bb60$@net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcamYrrgIzr92OEvTZqMqutMOSC5Mw== Content-Language: en-us Subject: Installation directory best practices X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:57:27 -0000 Hi, I wonder if there is any particular guideline for installation of web based application (the ports which install web pages, like www/wordpress, www/serendipity or databases/phpmyadmin). Some ports install web pages into "www/${PORTNAME}" while others install into "www/data-dist/${PORTNAME}" or even into "share/${PORTNAME}". However most of these ports let you override the installation path by defining particular variables, but user should review Makefile before installation to find out which variable should be set. Is there any guideline on this subject? Or does it just depend on porters taste? -- Babak Farrokhi babak@farrokhi.net