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If you mean a override switch where an ebuild could turn off allowing |
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a custom prefix, I would think it would be as simple as at the top of that |
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ebuild setting PREFIX="", to override the enviorment variable. |
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Also, if you mean dependenices for each package, I would think those packages |
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would still go to there default directory (for instance I don't see any reason |
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for the gnome-lib package to go anywhere but /usr/lib or wherver it needs to go, |
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plus if they really wanted to, they could just edit the /etc/ld.so.conf if they know |
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the libraries will be in a special directory). |
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Adam Voigt |
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adam.voigt@××××××××××.com |
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On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:30:29 +0200, Paul de Vrieze <paul@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 16 April 2002 21:06, Adam Voigt wrote: |
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> > I was just curious if adding the feature of custom prefixes on |
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> > emerge's (the equivalent of --prefix on a configure) would be |
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> > terribly hard to do, I ask because I would like to help and don't |
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> > want to bother those of you working on serious issues with this |
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> > feature request. As I understand it, all it would really entail is |
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> > checking if the enviorment variable PREFIX is set and if it is |
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> > switch PREFIX for /usr or whatever the path is in each ebuild. So |
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> > for instance, if you were installing mysql if PREFIX = "/usr/mysql" |
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> > then everything would be set under that directory, so there would |
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> > be /usr/mysql/var for the actual db, etc. Is this correct? And if |
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> > it is, does this mean any package which supports custom prefix must |
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> > have it's ebuild, hand edited? If this is correct I wouldn't mind |
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> > going through and at least starting on some of more popular |
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> > packages to add custom pathing's. If I am totally off base on this, |
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> > I aplogize, this was just what popped into my head as a possible |
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> > solution to the problem. |
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> > |
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> Don't forget a lot of software breaks if it is moved to unknown |
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> directories, so whatever you do, make it an option that an ebuild |
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> could turn on. |
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> Paul |
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> -- |
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> Paul de Vrieze |
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> Junior Researcher |
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> Mail: pauldv@××××××.nl |
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> Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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