On Sat July 16 2011 18:21:12 Chris Rees wrote: > Bear in mind they should work fine if the port doesn't hardcode absolute > paths.
Yes, they actually do! Please do not remove them, because they are not as
buggy as it is claimed here. I often use the -p option for testing of my
tinderbox -exp packages and it works fine.
A package is basically the same as an installed port - just with some
additional pkg meta data files all packed into a compressed tarball. If a
package contains hardcoded paths then the port is buggy not the package or
pkg_add. It is a general rule that ports should respect ${PREFIX}. If they do
not those ports need to be fixed.
I find it weird to think the -p / -P options should be removed from pkg_add.
Do not castrate the tool if some ports are buggy!
Thanks!
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