Subject: Re: removing BUILD_ROOT?
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 10/19/2001 00:35:35
FYI, BUILD_ROOT is history!


 - Hubert

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> 
> I wonder if we should remove the BUILD_ROOT variable, and replace it with
> PKGSRCDIR everywhere?
> 
> Doing a quick grep over pkgsrc/*/*/Makefile* shows this should work
> (except for math/p5-Math-Pari, which thinks it can reach the pkgsrc dir
> with BUILD_ROOT, which does NOT work if one has WRKOBJDIR set - which I
> have).
> 
> Does anyone remember what that variable was intended for? :)
> 
> 
>  - Hubert
> 
> 

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