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Date:      Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:15:33 -0500
From:      "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel@gmail.com>
To:        Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports installation location
Message-ID:  <790a9fff0703300815o4abd26d2j705186e0b4b5f256@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070330141143.LHYH12099.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03>
References:  <20070330141143.LHYH12099.dukecmmtao03.coxmail.com@dukecmmtao03>

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On 3/30/07, Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Scot Hetzel
> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:29 AM
> > To: Vizion
> > Cc: ports@freebsd.org; include@npf.pt.freebsd.org
> > Subject: Re: ports installation location
> >
> > On 3/29/07, Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> wrote:
> > > How does one specify a non-standard location for installing a port?
> > >
> > > For example I want to have multiple instances of www/joomla
> > installed for multiple virtual hosts. How can I best go about this?
> > >
> >
> > I haven't tried this, but looking at the ports Makefile, it looks like
> > you can install it to multiple locations as follows:
> >
> > cd /usr/ports/www/joomla
> > sed -i'' -e "s@www/joomla@%%JOOMLA_DIR%%@" pkg-plist
> > make PKGNAMESUFFIX=_vh1 JOOMLA_DIR=www/joomla_vh1 install
> >
> > The sed is required to fix the pkg-plist, as it hardcodes the install
> > directory to www/joomla (PR sent).
> >
> > > How about upgrades?
> >
> > You would have to upgrade it manually, by first deleting the port, and
> > then using the same make comand that you used to install it.
> >
> > To use port management tools (portmaster, portupgrade, ...), you would
> > need to create a port for each virtual host as following:
> >
> >  - create www/joomla_vh1 directory
> >  - create www/joomla_vh1/Makefile
> >
> >  # port for virtual host: X
> >  #
> >   PKGNAMESUFFIX= _vh1
> >
> >   MASTERDIR= ${.CURDIR}/../joomla
> >
> >   JOOMLA_DIR= www/joomla${PKGNAMESUFFIX}
> >
> >   .include "${MASTERDIR}/Makefile"
> >
> >
> > --
>
> Thank you Scot for your, as usual, on target contribution.
> I see what you mean about the pkg-plist and the use of sed to change that.
>
> I have hit a snag.
>
> All my virtual hosts are on a seperate path which is, incidentally, a separate physical device.
>
> The install failed.
> my make command was
>
> make PKGNAMESUFFIX=_vh1 JOOMLA_DIR=/usr2/virtualhosts/my_virtualhost install
> The prime cause of failure seemed to be that it was looking for
> /usr/local//usr2/virtualhosts/virtualhostname
>
> What do I need to change??
>
Since your not installing under the default PREFIX, you need to
specify the PREFIX to where the port should be installed.

make PKGNAMESUFFIX=_vh1 PREFIX=/usr2/virtualhosts
JOOMLA_DIR=virtualhostname/joomla install

Scot

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