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Subject: Port's make knobs in DESTDIR
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# make VAR_EXISTING_IN_PORTS_MAKEFILE=value install clean
    OK => Overrides port's var from Makefile with value

# make VAR_EXISTING_IN_PORTS_MAKEFILE=value DESTDIR=/path/ install clean
    FAIL => Fails to override port's var from Makefile when DESTDIR is
    set

Why is it so?


Domagoj S.