Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 08:21:05 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PREFIX is not honored for dependencies Message-ID: <20110806152105.GB85982@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <4E3D06D0.7020204@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20110805220853.GA61697@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4E3D06D0.7020204@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 10:18:08AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On 05/08/2011 23:08, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > make clean
> > make PREFIX=/opt/
> >
> > This eventually dies with
> >
> > ===> Installing for cppunit-1.12.1
> > ===> Generating temporary packing list
> > ===> Checking if devel/cppunit already installed
> > ===> cppunit-1.12.1 is already installed
> > You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again
> > by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly.
> > If you really wish to overwrite the old port of devel/cppunit
> > without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER"
> > in your environment or the "make install" command line.
> >
> > Of course, cppunit-1.12.1 is installed! The initial build
> > in libreoffice installed it before qt4-moc crooked.
>
> You need to understand the effect of two different variables here:
>
> PREFIX --- where to install /this/ port
> LOCALBASE --- where other ports have been installed
>
> PREFIX *only* affects where the current port will be installed. It
> doesn't affect where this port looks for any dependencies. That's what
> LOCALBASE is for.
>
man ports
man make.conf
man src.conf
Hmmm, no description of LOCALBASE.
So how is one to understand the difference? From 'man ports'
PREFIX Where to install things in general (usually /usr/local).
I suppose that that 'in general' is not too 'in general'.
I've pointed out elsewhere that
cd /usr/ports/dev/cppunit
make PREFIX=/opt/ install
cd /usr/ports/editors/libreoffice
make PREFIX=/opt/
does try to re-install cppunit; whereas if cppunit is not previously
installed
cd /usr/ports/editors/libreoffice
make PREFIX=/opt/
installs and registers cppunit. If this dies and one restarts the
make, then the make process tries to re-install cppunit. That's
just poor design.
--
Steve
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