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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Building packages in different prefix without rebuilding system packages
Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 10:07:27
Message-Id: 20200514110704.3dac9373@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-user] Building packages in different prefix without rebuilding system packages by Pengcheng Xu
1 On Thu, 14 May 2020 16:46:58 +0800, Pengcheng Xu wrote:
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3 > What you're trying to achieve sounded a lot like `./configure
4 > --prefix=...` to me. If you're just dealing a small amount of things,
5 > I would suggest modifying the ebuild (in a local overlay) and changes
6 > where the program installs to.
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8 You may be able to avoid modifying ebuilds by setting the --prefix option
9 in $EXTRA_ECONF.
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