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To: suzukis@file.phys.tohoku.ac.jp
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Subject: Re: How to develop a port/package without root previlege?
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In mail "How to develop a port/package without root previlege?"
suzukis@file.phys.tohoku.ac.jp wrote:

> If there's any wrong destination in Makefile (by careless mistake),
> making installation with root previlege can gives unrecovervable
> damage to the credencial (which files came from which ports/package,
> which files conflicts with which ports/package, etc etc).

  Set ${DESTDIR}, and all files are installed to the subdirectory of
${DESTDIR}.

Note:
  Some ports ignore ${DESTDIR}, and these should be fixed.


Issei.-


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