[HEADSUP] please add DESTDIR support to your packages

[Thomas Klausner <thomasklausner%users.sourceforge.net@localhost>]

Hi!

As you've probably noticed, most pkgsrc packages have been converted
and can be built with destdir support; this means that the package
"install" step installs into a temporary installation directory (the
DESTDIR) and a binary package is created from there; the binary
package can then be installed in the usual way (though 'make
package-install' will also do it for you).

To enable destdir support when building packages on your system, set
USE_DESTDIR=yes
in your /etc/mk.conf file.

When developing packages, you should already have PKG_DEVELOPER=yes in
that file; if not, add it now. This will alert you to some common
problems; in particular, PLIST problems.

To convert your packages to destdir support, the simplest method is to
just mark them as converted and pray for the best -- just add
PKG_DESTDIR_SUPPORT=user-destdir
in the package's Makefile. For over 80% of all packages that's all
that's needed.

If you have manual installation steps in the pkgsrc Makefile, you need
to put ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX} when installing (instead of ${PREFIX}).

The guide has some more details in section 19.6.4, "Adding DESTDIR
support to packages".

Non-destdir support will be removed from pkgsrc not that far off, so
please convert your packages if you haven't done so.

Thanks,
 Thomas

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