On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 4:47 AM, Benjamin <by...@uclive.ac.nz> wrote: > Disclosure: I have posted this question on the forums too. > > I am still attempting to port Quartus II design software to FreeBSD. I am > making progress, with the help of this list and others. > > My latest problem is strange. I've followed all the shell script wrappers to > find the actual installation binary that is run. It takes an option that > lets the user specify where to install (-t <location>). > > When I run it thus: > > # altera_installer_cmd --source=/usr/ports/cad/quartus_ii/work > --install=quartus_free -w -t /home/benjamin/some_dir --no_space_check > > It installs to some_dir in my home directory, as expected. If I change the > install path to /usr/local however: > > # altera_installer_cmd --source=/usr/ports/cad/quartus_ii/work > --install=quartus_free -w -t /usr/local/quartus --no_space_check > > (the only difference between the two commands is the "-t <location>" bit) > > It somehow installs to /compat/linux/usr/local/quartus rather than > /usr/local/quartus! It is almost as if there is a magic "symlink" > redirecting certain folders, but it doesn't redirect when I specify my home > directory. > > What could be going on here? > This is being caused by the linux emulation where it adds the prefix '/compat/linux' to the specified path.
linux_emul_path - http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/compat/linux/linux_util.c?im=bigexcerpts#L64 linux_emul_convpath - http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/compat/linux/linux_util.c?im=bigexcerpts#L98 kern_alternate_path - http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/kern/vfs_lookup.c?im=10#L1158 If you create the directory '/usr/local/quartus' first, will it install to this location? Scot _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
