On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:05:37PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > >Seems make search doesn't like the following line in my /etc/make.conf > > > >PORTSDIR=/compile/ports > > > >I thought PORTSDIR was required to be set if your ports were in a > >nonstandard location, if you wanted everything to work correctly? > > I put just about everything in /usr/local (src, obj, ports, etc.) and > found out long ago that putting symlinks in /usr/ is infinitely easier > than trying to make it work with custom variables.
I usually do the same, except if I have room I'll create a /compile partition and symlink src, obj, ports into it. Got bitten by a crash during a build before and had parts of /usr get trashed (probably due to ATA write cache). I figure having it as physically separate as I can get it improves the odds slightly. I added the PORTSDIR variable a while back, I'm not 100% sure why. I vaguely recall a problem with a particular port not installing correctly if /usr/ports was a symlink, but it worked fine if you had PORTSDIR set. I'm not sure if it happened to me or if I just read about it on the list, however. Craig _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
