Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:41:13 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing into alternate directory? Message-ID: <20171013224113.GA98224@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <2A851D87-275A-4858-8E32-D0CF55E45DF9@adamw.org> References: <20171013220845.GA97308@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <2A851D87-275A-4858-8E32-D0CF55E45DF9@adamw.org>
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On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 04:29:39PM -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote: > > On 13 Oct, 2017, at 16:08, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > > > > I suspect that this is documented someplace. > > In the old days, one coudl install ports in > > an directory hierarchy other than /usr/local > > by setting DESTDIR. This is/was handy in > > testing a new port, or in particular, an upgrade > > of an abandoned port. > > > > % cd /usr/ports/math/octave42 > > % make > > % setenv DESTDIR /usr/local/octave42 > > % make install > > ===> Creating some important subdirectories > > ===> /tmp subdirectory has been successfully created > > ===> /dev subdirectory has been successfully created > > ===> Starting chrooted make in /usr/local/octave42... > > chroot: /bin/sh: No such file or directory > > ===> Chrooted make in /usr/local/octave42 failed > > ===> Cleaning up... > > *** Error code 1 > > > > What? > > PREFIX > Does not work. 'make install' will then look for dependencies under PREFIX. It won't find the dependencies, and then dutifully populate PREFIX with those dependencies. I want 'make install' to install only the files that will be installed from the math/octave42 port. No dependencies. The dependencies are available iin /usr/local. -- Steve
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