Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 00:19:14 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: scott@statsci.com Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to handle compiled in paths? Message-ID: <20201.870333554@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Jul 1997 20:27:53 PDT." <199707310327.UAA01673@one.sabami.seaslug.org>
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> I was just noticing something with my nmh port...it seems that the prefix is > compiled into the binaries, so if you make a package out of it, you can't > retarget the prefix with the pkg_add -p option (without recompilation, which > kind of defeats the purpose of the package & its -p option). How is this > kind of stuff normally handled? You repeat the @cwd line twice at the top of the package's PLIST, "stapling" it to the canned prefix and preventing a -p override. Not every user's desire, of course, this still at least ensures that what's installed will work and is probably the best that can be done under the circumstances. Jordan
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