Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:21:50 +0100 From: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: New bsd.*.mk changes Message-ID: <20040120202150.L93730@newtrinity.zeist.de> In-Reply-To: <1074625391.757.86.camel@gyros>; from marcus@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 02:03:11PM -0500 References: <1074590694.85583.20.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <400D2939.5090203@fillmore-labs.com> <1074617147.757.16.camel@gyros> <20040120171315.GH94636@FreeBSD.org> <1074619795.757.43.camel@gyros> <20040120190234.A13333@newtrinity.zeist.de> <1074621917.757.61.camel@gyros> <20040120194157.K93730@newtrinity.zeist.de> <1074625391.757.86.camel@gyros>
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On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 02:03:11PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 13:41, Marius Strobl wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 01:05:17PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 13:02, Marius Strobl wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 12:29:55PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I agree. This approach seems the most flexible. As for not being able > > > > > to do non-root installs, this is a bogus argument as one could simply > > > > > override PORT_DBDIR as they would PKG_DBDIR (even with the original > > > > > patch). > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was taking about non-root builds, e.g. single ports checked out > > > > outside of PKGBASE to do maintenance work, not non-root installs. In > > > > an environment where non-root installs are done your argument is valid. > > > > Not being able to do non-root builds compilcates the job of maintainers. > > > > > > As I said, non-root builds could override PORT_DBDIR the same way you > > > could override PKG_DBDIR. You could point that to a directory to which > > > you could write. What am I missing? > > > > > > > In general I'd like to further on be able to build a port as non-root > > and install als root, with default PREFIX, PKG_DBDIR and PORT_DBDIR. > > Ah, I follow you. > > > I don't see how this currently should work, if I set PORT_DBDIR to a > > directory I can write to before I build the port as non-root it won't > > neither read an existing OPTIONSFILE in the default location nor write > > a possibly changed OPTIONSFILE to the new location. I could move around > > the OPTIONSFILE before and after installing the port but that's really > > messy. > > At a first glance I don't see a reason why creation of PORT_DBDIR if > > not already existing and writing of the OPTIONSFILE can't be done in > > e.g. the fake-pkg target or a new target that's executed directly > > before or after fake-pkg. > > This may work, but it would require some reworking of the existing > architecture, and, depending on patch complexity, may require another > test build on bento. Did you have something specific to review? > No. I will look at it when the issue regarding the default for the OPTIONSFILE and the layout of PORT_DBDIR, which currently is much more important, has settled.
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