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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 23:03:36 -0800
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>
Cc: Phil Homewood <pdh@bit.net.au>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: dsniff 2.3 info:
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On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 06:04:15PM -0800, Roger Marquis wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Phil Homewood wrote:
> > Roger Marquis wrote:
> > > Just yesterday I ran "cd
> > > /usr/ports/security/openssh; make --prefix=/; make install".  The
> > > port A) ignored the "--prefix",
> > 
> > SYNOPSIS
> >      make [-BPSeiknqrstv] [-D variable] [-d flags] [-E variable] [-f makefile]
> >           [-I directory] [-j max_jobs] [-m directory] [-V variable]
> >           [variable=value] [target ...]
> > 
> > Gee, I wonder why?
> 
> Have you tried it or is this just speculation?  Edit /etc/make.conf,
> edit the Makefile, "make prefix=", "make --prefix=", ...   All
> yield the same result (the wrong prefix).

*sigh*

All the silly flaming over nothing.

  # make PREFIX=/usr

RTFM, ports(7),

     PREFIX        Where to install things in general (usually /usr/local or
                   /usr/X11R6)

I just built it in /var/tmp without problem. It honors PREFIX for me
just fine.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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