Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:50:06 GMT From: "Dieter BSD" <dieterbsd@engineer.com> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/158179: some packages do not fully honor -P dir option in pkg_add(1) Message-ID: <201107191850.p6JIo6Tc034884@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/158179; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Dieter BSD" <dieterbsd@engineer.com> To: bug-followup@freebsd.org Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>,freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com,freebsd@fokker.solgatos.com Subject: Re: ports/158179: some packages do not fully honor -P dir option in pkg_add(1) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:41:31 +0000 > 1. Spell out very clearly its purpose - is it to populate a jail, for > example? Populating a chroot/jail is one purpose. Another is to test a new version of a package without messing up the existing version. There are bound to be other reasons. Compiling the port rather than installing a package isn't always a solution. Many ports are incredibly difficult to get compiled. PREFIX needs to be an install time variable, not compile time.
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