On Friday 06 October 2006 13:08, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote:
> > I'd like to install an experimental package with a different prefix,
> > say /usr/local/test
> > What should I write into the ebuild file?
>
> I don't think the ROOT environment variable when emerging is what you
> want. I think you can just append "--prefix=/usr/local/test" to the
> call to "econf". All of this assumes usage of autoconf, of course.
> Another common approach is to set DESTDIR to ${D}/usr/local/test for
> "make install".
>
> See
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=1
Probably a better a reference is [1]. I'm not sure why you don't think he
wants the ROOT var. Also ${D} isn't where it's going to be installed to (in
the ebuild qmerge sense - see `man ebuild'). It's where the image is going to
be installed (the ebuild install sense - again see `man ebuild`). Also it's a
var to be used internally in the ebuild only (which I assume you know). If I
am correct about what he wants then the point is that there is no need to
edit the ebuild file (otherwise it's a bug).
[1] http://dev.gentoo.org/~plasmaroo/devmanual//ebuild-writing/variables/
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