Attachment 12032 Details for Bug 23450 – file.diff

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>--- /usr/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml	Sat Nov 25 12:34:48 2000
>+++ book.sgml	Sun Dec 10 16:49:00 2000
>@@ -3277,6 +3277,22 @@
>           <makevar>PREFIX</makevar>, as this variable is automatically passed
>           down to every stage of the build and install processes.</para>
> 
>+	<para>Make sure your application isn't installing things in 
>+	<filename>/usr/local</filename> instead of <makevar>PREFIX</makevar>.
>+	A quick test for this is to do this is:</para>
>+
>+	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>make clean; make package PREFIX=/var/tmp/<replaceable>port-name</replaceable></userinput></screen>
>+	
>+	<para>If anything is installed outside of <makevar>PREFIX</makevar>, 
>+	making the package creation process will complain that it
>+	can't find the files.</para>
>+
>+	<para>This does not test for the existence of internal references,
>+	or correct use of <makevar>LOCALBASE</makevar> for references to
>+	files from other ports. Testing the installation in
>+	<filename>/var/tmp/<replaceable>port-name</replaceable></filename>
>+	to do that that while you have it installed would do that.</para>
>+
>         <para>Do not set <makevar>USE_X_PREFIX</makevar> unless your port
>           truly requires it (i.e., it links against X libs or it needs to
>           reference files in <makevar>X11BASE</makevar>).</para>

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