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Date:      Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:19:44 +0000
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        Andrea Campi <andrea+freebsd_current@webcom.it>
Cc:        Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, ?d?m Szilveszter <adamsz@mailpont.hu>
Subject:   Re: fetch extension - use local filename from content-disposition header
Message-ID:  <43B525E0.9060904@infracaninophile.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20051230095318.GX1779@webcom.it>
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Andrea Campi wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 09:36:50AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:

>>And in fact, if you go on to do the same deal with $PKG_DBDIR and $PREFIX
>>plus set $INSTALL_AS_USER then you can install most ports entirely as a
>>mortal user -- the exceptions being ports that want to run mtree(8) or that
>>need to install programs with specific UID or GIDs.
 
> Well, this MIGHT work for a single user system, but it's hackish and really
> dangerous...

The only good use I've found for doing this is when maintaining ports -- it's
very handy to be able to test install something in an out of the way corner of
your hard-drive without trashing the copy installed under /usr/local that you'ld
use normally.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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