On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Brook Milligan wrote:

: I am trying to use DESTDIR to prevent newly compiled packages from
: overwriting my live system.  So far most seem to work fine, with
: devel/gmake and devel/readline being notable exceptions.
: 
: The problem in both cases is that DESTDIR is used twice for the
: install targets; it is included in the PREFIX and then things are
: installed, for example, in $(DESDIR)/$(PREFIX).  Thus, things end up,
: for example, in $(DESTDIR)/$(DESTDIR)/usr/pkg/... .  

FWIW, DESTDIR isn't officially supported when compiling pkgs.  With that
said, I do believe it may be a good idea to chase.  8-)

The given patches would probably be worth including, though.

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-- Todd Vierling (Personal tv@pobox.com; Bus. todd_vierling@xn.xerox.com)