From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 3 07:05:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 CBD6D16A412 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 07:05:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4527E43D46 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 07:05:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 8190 invoked by uid 399); 3 Nov 2006 07:05:42 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.8?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 3 Nov 2006 07:05:42 -0000 Message-ID: <454AEA41.6010309@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:05:37 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Craig Boston , ports@FreeBSD.org References: <2A1A6E935323B04BB28608B01B9B077A03190460@CHN-SNR-MBX01.wipro.com> <6306EDB7C88085BEB4DBC265@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <454A3607.2030406@FreeBSD.org> <20061103052032.GB87797@nowhere> <20061103052316.GC87797@nowhere> In-Reply-To: <20061103052316.GC87797@nowhere> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: make search (Was Re: Perl5.8.7 ports) 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: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:05:43 -0000 Craig Boston wrote: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:20:32PM -0600, Craig Boston wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 10:16:39AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: >>> cd /usr/ports/ && make search name=p5-Chart >> blah blah blah > > Figures, something bugs me for months, I finally break down and ask for > advice, and find the solution less than a minute after sending the > message... Usually happens that way. :) > Seems make search doesn't like the following line in my /etc/make.conf > > PORTSDIR=/compile/ports > > I thought PORTSDIR was required to be set if your ports were in a > nonstandard location, if you wanted everything to work correctly? I put just about everything in /usr/local (src, obj, ports, etc.) and found out long ago that putting symlinks in /usr/ is infinitely easier than trying to make it work with custom variables. hth, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection