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=0.3 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from kermit.unets.com (unknown [166.82.132.21]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46D5AAC498 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 14:49:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: from beowulf.cryptocomm.com ([166.82.132.49]) by kermit.unets.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:49:53 -0400 From: Adam Voigt To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: Re: [gentoo-dev] Prefixed Emerge's X-Mailer: Cronos II 0.2.1 (gnome-libs 1.2.13; Linux 2.4.7-10; i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200204162138.33135.paul@devrieze.net> References: <200204162138.33135.paul@devrieze.net> <200204162130.29160.paul@devrieze.net> Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Apr 2002 19:49:53.0460 (UTC) FILETIME=[E095B740:01C1E57F] Date: 16 Apr 2002 15:49:53 -0400 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: c6a5f4b8-b61d-405e-9eb7-d3edd0fa0a9f X-Archives-Hash: 5f4bb24bf5ed746bf612db12e625bee4 Well I was thinking of making the original prefix the default, so essentially if PREFIX is set then like where the default path would be /var then the new path would be PREFIX/var, but if PREFIX is empty, then it just goes to /var. I was debating whether like man pages should still go to the default directory, because as much sense as it makes to make them go the default man directory, the ./configure doesn't pay attention to where man pages are supposed to go, it says "alright, I hope you know what your doing" and puts everything, under your PREFIX, so that would be an absolute control type deal, but having it set them in the default man page dir would be more helpful in 99% of cases, so it's kind of a tossup. Adam Voigt adam.voigt@cryptocomm.com On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:38:33 +0200, Paul de Vrieze wrote: > 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="", 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 > prefix anyway (so that docs and config files don't move as it really > breaks things). You also want to be compatible with existing ebuilds > > -- > Paul de Vrieze > Junior Researcher > Mail: pauldv@cs.kun.nl > Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev