Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:40:01 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PORTS_MODULES fix Message-ID: <4FD38A71.8070601@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CADLo839AsqtRiDZt3HJatBy=0Peu6W2Bu7XrsfiMes3RewTtPg@mail.gmail.com> References: <4FD384B5.3050709@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo839AsqtRiDZt3HJatBy=0Peu6W2Bu7XrsfiMes3RewTtPg@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
[-- Attachment #1 --]
On 09/06/2012 18:26, Chris Rees wrote:
> On 9 June 2012 18:15, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> I have recently tried the PORTS_MODULES knob, and found a problem. The
>> ports tree searches for some dependencies by finding a binary in PATH,
>> and that fails since by default /usr/local/ isn't there. The attached
>> patch fixes that problem.
>>
>> It would be more robust to use PREFIX there instead of /usr/local
>> explicitly, but I'm not sure how to unravel the mk maze to get that
>> value. If anyone has a suggestion for that, I'd be happy to include it.
>
> As you mention, PREFIX is only defined in ports/Mk, and it'd
> definitely be undesirable to be including any of those files :)
>
> The most robust (but unpleasant) solution would be one of the following:
>
> PREFIX?=/usr/local
> PORTSMODULESENV=SYSDIR=${SYSDIR} PATH=${PATH}:${PREFIX}/bin:${PREFIX}/sbin
>
> or the equivalent (and perhaps cleaner, not leaving PREFIX defined)
>
> .if !defined(PREFIX)
> PORTSMODULESENV=SYSDIR=${SYSDIR} PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
> .else
> PORTSMODULESENV=SYSDIR=${SYSDIR} PATH=${PATH}:${PREFIX}/bin:${PREFIX}/sbin
> .endif
>
> Both of these will respect make.conf's setting of PREFIX.
>
Shouldn't you be looking for LOCALBASE rather than PREFIX in this context?
Cheers,
Matthew
--
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate
JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW
[-- Attachment #2 --]
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/
iEYEARECAAYFAk/TinkACgkQ8Mjk52CukIwH4QCfZL9CHp51h8VekeIakzOj2Lu5
SSgAn3eQkQmTmXN7QvtXxWmepjQIbMFp
=DVN+
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4FD38A71.8070601>