From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 6 16:00:54 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E508106566B for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 16:00:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09A838FC24 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 16:00:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p76G0fO9005232 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 6 Aug 2011 17:00:50 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk p76G0fO9005232 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1312646450; bh=/O72KGauqEoFj/QJ4i4mpHTbAkROljw77hHwuXQqboo=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4E3D651F.5070208@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20S at,=2006=20Aug=202011=2017:00:31=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(M acintosh=3B=20Intel=20Mac=20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20rv:5.0)=20Gecko/201 10624=20Thunderbird/5.0|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20Steve=20Kargl=20 |CC:=20freebsd-ports@freebsd.org |Subject:=20Re:=20PREFIX=20is=20not=20honored=20for=20dependencies |References:=20<20110805220853.GA61697@troutmask.apl.washington.ed u>=20<4E3D06D0.7020204@infracaninophile.co.uk>=20<20110806152105.G B85982@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>|In-Reply-To:=20<2011080615210 5.GB85982@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>|X-Enigmail-Version:=201.2| OpenPGP:=20id=3D60AE908C|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=20mic alg=3Dpgp-sha1=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signature"=3 B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enigEDEEC49C8AC570A552D34E71"; b=fa8WqLwTocp+y/RcfWYiZJ1HIINIeOss8f2TyZGTK7u/cImOBXTIRZb26zMs2v/Vl NGywWTs6IsbWrCBmRLC1LHoGsBwNDSaTBFOIGz300QaBHApauuSUHaVATI/0D7s7hW buDk8ACbC99CilYvYU4g52WG6wcqSXCXr0SyKrdc= Message-ID: <4E3D651F.5070208@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:00:31 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624 Thunderbird/5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Kargl References: <20110805220853.GA61697@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4E3D06D0.7020204@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20110806152105.GB85982@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20110806152105.GB85982@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.2 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigEDEEC49C8AC570A552D34E71" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.2 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PREFIX is not honored for dependencies 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: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:00:54 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigEDEEC49C8AC570A552D34E71 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 06/08/2011 16:21, Steve Kargl wrote: > man ports > man make.conf > man src.conf >=20 > Hmmm, no description of LOCALBASE. Good heavens. You're absolutely right. That is a most peculiar omission. It certainly should be mentioned in ports(7). > So how is one to understand the difference? From 'man ports' >=20 > PREFIX Where to install things in general (usually /usr/loc= al). >=20 The comments in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.ports.mk, plus descriptions in The Porter's Handbook pretty much cover where and how LOCALBASE is used. Even so, it could still do with an unambiguous statement somewhere (IMHO) that LOCALBASE is the master control for where the ports will install software and look for installed packages to resolve dependencies.= In fact, as the default is to set PREFIX to the same as LOCALBASE, just resetting LOCALBASE should get the effect you were trying to achieve. 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