In message <9703251218.ZM15766@rrzc1a> Hubert Feyrer writes:
: The problem with most(?) software building configurations in the
: FreeBSD ports collection is that they assume they use /usr/local for
: installation. I for myself would like to see a building-process that
: regards a user-setable $PREFIX (or whatever), that's regarded during
: package bilding.

make PREFIX=/xxx 

works for me most of the time.  Things that it doesn't work for are
broken and PRs should be sent to the appropriate address.
Warner