On 2022-8-7 23:05 , Steven Smith wrote:
You can use any prefix you want, precompiled binaries or no. Just go
ahead and do it.
Well, almost. There’s this caveat:
Options for MacPorts general operating characteristics.
prefix
Sets the directory where ports are installed. Any path may be used
but those with spaces and/or non-ASCII characters should be
avoided because it can break some ports.
Default: |/opt/local|
Someday, one hopes that there will be a cleanup of all the tcl code that
breaks for prefix paths with spaces and non-ascii characters, but that’s
aspirational, not reality.
The bigger problem is that it's not just our code that can break. All
the build systems and software installed by the ports also have to work
with the chosen prefix.
- Josh
