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=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from fooninja.org (dsl.79.109.networkiowa.com [209.234.79.109]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFE2CABD68 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 18:20:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: from fooninja.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fooninja.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B26EB148B9 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 18:21:02 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 18:21:02 -0500 From: JR Boyens To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ACCESS VIOLATION WITH EBUILD Message-ID: <20020514232102.GA14268@fooninja> References: <200205150017.25658.you@hanez.org> <20020515001233.6086fe5b.spider@gentoo.org> <200205150040.44742.you@hanez.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200205150040.44742.you@hanez.org>; from you@hanez.org on Tue, May 14, 2002 at 17:40:44 -0500 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.3.5 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: f1480a70-946c-4976-b35a-06b1f7b2961e X-Archives-Hash: 710527259abc72a932090aebd891f464 The reason for this is to protect the real filesystem as long as possible. If you start installing to the live filesystem right away and the ebuild dies, how do you fix the problems it may cause? I believe the Portage Developers Guide on www.gentoo.org covers this. -- JR Boyens jboyens@fooninja.org On 2002.05.14 17:40 hanez wrote: > On Wednesday 15 May 2002 00:12, Spider wrote: > > please look inside /usr/portage/skel.ebuild and see how its done > there. > > argghh, i've seen it. > > i have changed the line: > > make install || die > > to: > > make DESTDIR=${S} install || die > > it's so crazy. i'm sitting here so long trying this... > > is it only security feature??? i must allow writing in this path??? > > thanx a lot. ;-) > > best regards > > > hanez > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev > >