Re: packages going to the wrong place?

To: Steven Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>
Subject: Re: packages going to the wrong place?
From: Aleksey Cheusov <cheusov%tut.by@localhost>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 22:06:36 +0300

> I'm trying to reinstall all of my packages, but the installations
> seems to be going to the wrong place.  Here's a typical line from
> doing a 'make update' in pkgtools/pkg_install:

>       /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g wheel pkg_info 
> /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_install/work/.destdir/usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_info

Recently DESTDIR support was enabled by default.
This is why files are installed to .destdir directory.

DESTDIR goal:
First, binary package is created safely without changing your /.
Second, package is installed using newly created binary.

-- 
Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.

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