Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:37:10 -0700 From: "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net> To: Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net> Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Allow user install Message-ID: <20120626163710.7452158081@chaos.jnpr.net> In-Reply-To: <4FE9DCCE.1060104@vangyzen.net> References: <20120626063017.D05DA58081@chaos.jnpr.net> <86wr2uwdgf.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20120626153335.3215258081@chaos.jnpr.net> <4FE9DCCE.1060104@vangyzen.net>
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:01:18 -0500, Eric van Gyzen writes: >INSTALL_OWN is a bit cumbersome. Its name also doesn't cover other >privileged attributes, such as the schg flag. > >I like UNPRIVILEGED_INSTALL or USER_INSTALL. The user can set those to >tell the build system what he/she wants. The build system can then set >the other internal variables to make that happen. Those internal >variables can change over time, but the user will still get the right >behavior. > >The ports system uses INSTALL_AS_USER; the precedent is worth considering. Thanks - assuming the functionality is wanted, some agreement on the name of the knob will arise.
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