From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN, DMARC_MISSING,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailnews.kub.nl (mailnews.kub.nl [137.56.0.220]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 676D0AC42B for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 14:38:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: from pavlvs1.local.devrieze.net (gt0416.kub.nl [137.56.97.162]) by mailnews.kub.nl (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g3GJcXfK004202 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:38:35 +0200 (MET DST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Paul de Vrieze To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: Re: [gentoo-dev] Prefixed Emerge's Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:38:33 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <200204162130.29160.paul@devrieze.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200204162138.33135.paul@devrieze.net> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: ca44a1e3-df18-4db8-95ae-7a1e59f98c0e X-Archives-Hash: a3de69807c70df92cabdc6cd21e5e594 On Tuesday 16 April 2002 21:35, Adam Voigt wrote: > If you mean a override switch where an ebuild could turn off > allowing a custom prefix, I would think it would be as simple as at > the top of that ebuild setting PREFIX=3D"", to override the > enviorment variable. > > Also, if you mean dependenices for each package, I would think > those packages would still go to there default directory (for > instance I don't see any reason for the gnome-lib package to go > anywhere but /usr/lib or wherver it needs to go, plus if they > really wanted to, they could just edit the /etc/ld.so.conf if they > know the libraries will be in a special directory). > I mean it the other way around. You still need to specify the original=20 prefix anyway (so that docs and config files don't move as it really=20 breaks things). You also want to be compatible with existing ebuilds --=20 Paul de Vrieze Junior Researcher Mail: pauldv@cs.kun.nl Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net