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From: Martin Schlemmer <azarah@g.o>
To: Eric Jacoboni <jaco@××××××××××××.org>
Cc: Gentoo-Dev <gentoo-dev@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage and /usr/local
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 14:07:39
Message-Id: 1031253005.16908.0.camel@nosferatu.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage and /usr/local by Eric Jacoboni
1 On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 12:16, Eric Jacoboni wrote:
2 > >>>>> "Martin" == Martin Schlemmer <azarah@g.o> writes:
3 >
4 > Martin> Sure, edit the ebuild and change the --prefix=/usr to
5 > Martin> --prefix=/usr/local.
6 >
7 > Yes, i've already done that... But its not enough : considering
8 > gkrellm (my canonical example), the ebuild use the dobin() function
9 > (other ebuilds i've look at, don't...). This function is using the
10 > DESTTREE variable, exported by ebuild.sh. And DESTTREE is set to
11 > /usr... in ebuild.sh.
12 >
13 > Changing only --prefix in this case make the whole stuff in /usr/local
14 > but gkrellm2 still goes in /usr/bin.
15 >
16
17 You want to do:
18
19 -------------------
20 into /usr/local
21 dobin foo
22 -------------------
23
24 > Martin> Thus I dont want to say never, but at least not in the next
25 > Martin> couple of months.
26 >
27 > Oh yes, it's not a problem: i've posted my first article as a
28 > "request to feature" not as a "bug" ;-) I'm gonna do some tests by
29 > tweaking script files...
30 >
31 > --
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38
39 Martin Schlemmer
40 Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer
41 Cape Town, South Africa

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