From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 14 08:54:30 2013 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED02129A for <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:54:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baptiste.daroussin@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-x235.google.com (mail-bk0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4008:c01::235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84568CD5 for <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:54:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f53.google.com with SMTP id j10so864922bkw.26 for <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:54:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=GeyKSKrs/iRWLeD5L5xdwT5b7HtG8lTPbMsOdhTgAss=; b=jQ9c0QhAlDyaVZqqFOWkavsC25+1ft0Rw9GT64zFzOSk7gvNvYroScXVvR9jLRvs1A uNQYGwmXgRyN1eTUJDaLegnkgnMo4MCY9C5UwMr9y8EQIiMJgeCjI+r6BeT0V+x4/8dj uK0iaZyr1rmQTCrZZm8dUgMkp3rkLq9ZD84OnJf4OOa7f+seJvGxs8AKZZl5c08d61AE aHY4KksmQrBlMceMNisWQcDZymqsOet49wkq61lpuc2HOE6EdEAToyxtBKupfNcb8Ls4 stbO/X8Ds+fBjf8cDUepJ0bAO/KoskHXMmQF76Gnlhiijw0qPvB6cJyjGwi6uMSv6MN9 3qdQ== X-Received: by 10.205.41.69 with SMTP id tt5mr725323bkb.134.1363251269578; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:54:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ithaqua.etoilebsd.net (ithaqua.etoilebsd.net. [37.59.37.188]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k4sm422748bkv.18.2013.03.14.01.54.28 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:54:28 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Baptiste Daroussin <baptiste.daroussin@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:54:26 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> To: Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> Subject: Re: pkg MANIFEST documentation Message-ID: <20130314085426.GG53963@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <51417D87.8030901@ish.com.au> <20130314075009.GE53963@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <51418671.9030001@ish.com.au> <CADLo83_4SQAeqt9HKzffsx0GrJhjheM2h3-8jrzCE3htyO1d1w@mail.gmail.com> <51418EA3.9080305@ish.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="j2AXaZ4YhVcLc+PQ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51418EA3.9080305@ish.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD <freebsd-ports.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-ports>, <mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>, <mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:54:31 -0000 --j2AXaZ4YhVcLc+PQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 07:47:31PM +1100, Aristedes Maniatis wrote: > On 14/03/13 7:31pm, Chris Rees wrote: > > Packages never supported PREFIX. You can change PREFIX in ports, at co= mpile time, but once the compilation is done, changing PREFIX will break ma= ny compiled binaries. >=20 > OK, good to know thanks. So this change from relative tar packaging (pkg_= ) to absolute paths (pkgng) is a way of ensuring that packages are never po= rtable? >=20 > I still don't understand the "prefix" attribute in MANIFEST. I guess it s= hould be removed? The prefix attribute is mostly informative and is to be used in scripts, for compatibility. regards, Bapt --j2AXaZ4YhVcLc+PQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlFBkEIACgkQ8kTtMUmk6ExYrACeKioTxU3LM5yd+o82rGHyW14C VdsAnjhAztbZRcMGjgfromcrsonky4mW =yVFh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --j2AXaZ4YhVcLc+PQ--