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From: "Jared H. Hudson" <jhhudso@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Prefixed Emerge's
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:01:15
Message-Id: 3CBD8E1F.7070405@volumehost.com
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-dev] Prefixed Emerge's by Sean Mitchell
1 I can't think of any. Most/All source packages attempt to install in
2 /usr/local. That's why /usr has to be specified.
3
4 -Jared H.
5
6 Sean Mitchell wrote:
7 >
8 >>From: Jared H. Hudson [mailto:jhhudso@××××××××××.com]
9 >
10 >
11 >>>>A lot of ebuilds are written with the premise that the
12 >>>>stuff goes into /usr, and have it hard coded. :( Even
13 >>>>if portage starts supporting
14 >>>>custom prefixes, a huge ebuild cleanup effort would be required, as
15 >>>>far as I understand.
16 >>>
17 >
18 >>>What's the alternative to something like
19 >>>
20 >>> make prefix=${D}/usr mandir=${D}/usr/share/man install || die
21 >>>
22 >>>then? Is there a better way?
23 >>
24 >
25 >>./configure --prefix=${D}/usr mandir=${D}/usr/share/man || die
26 >
27 >
28 > No, you miss my point.... what's the alternative to hardcoding /usr?
29 >
30 > Cheers,
31 >
32 > Sean
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