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Frank Peters wrote: |
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> Is there a way, aside from writing a custom ebuild script, of changing |
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> the install prefix for a package? What I want to do is install some |
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> packages under /usr/local or /opt rather than the default of /usr. |
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> Unless I am mistaken, there does not seem to be a way of doing this |
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> with either portage variables or with portage profiles. |
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> |
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> Using the ROOT variable is not feasible because the resulting |
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> emerge will create an independent tree of packages. I just want |
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> to shift some packages out of /usr without losing any dependency |
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> or linking information. |
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> |
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> Linux is a flexible system in that it will allow libraries, include |
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> files, and configure information to be stored in a variety of places |
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> without losing any interaction. Modification of PATH, PKG_CONFIG_PATH, |
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> CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS, and other variables as well as the /etc/ld.so.conf |
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> file will keep a system integrated no matter where things are stored. |
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> Yet, unless I am missing something, Gentoo does not seem to embody this |
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> same flexibility, at least not in a simple manner. All packages have |
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> to go under /usr only. |
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> Is this actually the case or is there a way to change the installation |
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> prefix? |
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> Frank Peters |
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> |
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perhaps you like to go with a prefixed portage: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/ |
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