The Makefile for misc/ldconfig_compat does not respect the $PREFIX env variable when installing this port on freebsd with OSVERSION less than 600101 but greater than 500037, and thus fails to install for non-root users, as shown in the following output:


===== CONSOLE OUTPUT START =====
===>  Installing for ldconfig_compat-1.0_8
===>   Generating temporary packing list
===>  Checking if misc/ldconfig_compat already installed
Warning: not superuser, you may get some errors during installation.
Warning: not superuser, can't run mtree.
You may want to become root and try again to ensure correct permissions.
install: /etc/rc.d/ldconfig_compat: Permission denied
*** Error code 71

Stop in /home/users/whiter/ports/misc/ldconfig_compat.
===== CONSOLE OUTPUT END =====


The error is in the following code in the Makefile:

===== MAKEFILE SNIPPET START =====
do-install:
.if ${OSVERSION} >= 600101
        @${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKDIR}/ldconfig_compat.sh ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/ldconfig_compat
        @${ECHO_CMD} "etc/rc.d/ldconfig_compat" >> ${TMPPLIST}
.elif ${OSVERSION} >= 500037
        @${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKDIR}/ldconfig_compat.sh /etc/rc.d/ldconfig_compat
        @${ECHO_CMD} "@cwd /" >> ${TMPPLIST}
        @${ECHO_CMD} "etc/rc.d/ldconfig_compat" >> ${TMPPLIST}
.else
        @${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKDIR}/ldconfig_compat.sh ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/000.ldconfig_compat.sh
        @${ECHO_CMD} "etc/rc.d/000.ldconfig_compat.sh" >> ${TMPPLIST}
.endif
===== MAKEFILE SNIPPET START =====

As can be seen, $PREFIX is not used when jumping into the ".elif ${OSVERSION} >= 500037" block, resulting in the crash.

Fix: Apply the following patch:
How-To-Repeat: Set your env to contain everything as pasted below, and do a make install in the mist/ldconfig_compat ports folder. (For more information read the article on ports as non root on my website at http://www.white-russian.nl/?page=/blog/2006/07/installing_free.html )

# Set the main path to include the apps in our homedir
PATH=${HOME}/apps/bin:${HOME}/apps/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin; export PATH;

# Set the different variables that define where packages are installed
LOCALBASE=${HOME}/apps
X11BASE=${LOCALBASE}
PREFIX=${LOCALBASE}

# Set the paths to the folders the ports mechanism works in:
WRKDIR=${HOME}/tmp
PKG_DBDIR=${LOCALBASE}/var/db/pkg
PORT_DBDIR=${LOCALBASE}/var/db/ports
DISTDIR=${HOME}/distfiles

# Set user and group variables to ourself
BINOWN=`whoami`
BINGRP=`id -G -n ${BINOWN}`
SHAREOWN=${BINOWN}
SHAREGRP=${BINGRP}
MANOWN=${BINOWN}
MANGRP=${BINGRP}

# Make sure we don't really try to become root, but just execute everything as ourselves
SU_CMD="sh -c"

# Make sure that the main ports folder is checked for distfiles first, saving on download time
CD_MOUNTPTS=/usr

# If distfile found in $CD_MOUNTPTS, symlink to it, instead of copy
FETCH_SYMLINK_DISTFILES=YES

# Make sure the systemdefault make.conf is not read
__MAKE_CONF=${LOCALBASE}/etc/make.conf

# Do not try to chown files to root or other users
INSTALL_AS_USER=true

# Keep our own version of ldconfig hints
LDCONFIG="/sbin/ldconfig -i -f ${LOCALBASE}/var/run/ld-elf.so.hints"

# Set application specific variables to make sure it doesn't pick up things from the main system
APXS=${LOCALBASE}/sbin/apxs
PERL=${LOCALBASE}/bin/perl
PERL5=${PERL}
SITE_PERL=${LOCALBASE}/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8
SITE_PERL5=${SITE_PERL}
PERL_VERSION=5.8.8
PERL_VER=${PERL_VERSION}