Re: newbie destdir question

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 04:48:05PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 
> Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost> writes:
> 
> > Given a -current NetBSD box, with -current pkgsrc. USE_DESTDIR=yes is now
> > the default? So a
> >
> > cd /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/gnome
> > make package
> >
> > could fill up /usr/pkgsrc/packages with plenty of binary packages ready
> > for installation elsewhere, but not install gnome on the build box?
> > (Just using all the default variable settings.)
> 
> Yes.  But asking to make a package is not what you want; you want to ask
> that the package be made and installed:
> 
>   make package-install

But that was right - I didn't want to install the package on the build
box. So here we go - cpu cycle burning time :-)

Cheers,

Patrick