< snip > >> >> I understand that I can remove the FETCH_PACKAGES flag and this will >> circumvent the problem, but circumvention isn't resolution; I am >> curious if I am doing something wrong, of if something really is >> broken. >> >> >> thanks for the time, >> ~Jason >> >> >> [1] http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=122672174517068&w=4 >> >> > > Set PORTSDIR in mk.conf(5). Note that eg. for BSDSRCDIR it talks about > the "real path". > > If you want to know why this is important, try: > cd /some/symlink > pwd > /bin/pwd > > Most shells fake that "cd something && cd .." gets you back into the > original directory, giving the illusion that symlinks are somehow > "transparent". They are not, in fact, symlinks suck... >
ah yes, you are correct but this still doesn't cover the second case (building inside a chroot environment) I detailed my process in the last thread [1]. thanks, ~Jason [1] http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=99867604230539&w=3
