On 02/21/2013 12:14 PM, Daniel J. Luke wrote:
On Feb 21, 2013, at 12:09 PM, Bruce Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
It might make sense to set vendorbin like we're doing, but leave sitebin alone
(allowing people who install outside of macports to shoot themselves in the
foot).
I don't know if its really "outside" of macports;
isn't the /opt/local/bin basically only for macports?
yes. What I'm saying is if you do ${prefix}/bin/perl Makefile.PL && make &&
make install you're installing something into MacPorts' ${prefix} that MacPorts doesn't know
about - it's much better to use 'port' to manage installs and whatnot for ${prefix}
Well, I don't quite say that: My instructions for users that want
to mess with svn checkout is simply
perl Makefile.PL
make
(sudo) make install
Under normal circumstances they'd be getting "the" perl
(with macports, presumably the one isntalled in /opt/local/bin ?)
So, it seems that $prefix IS the one that macports should know about.
Your definition of 'work' is different from mine. I'm not saying that, but I
don't think that having scripts/binaries installed into a place that isn't in
$PATH means that something is broken.
So you do think that people should modify their PATH
everytime they install or update software?
How would a script installed via a portfile
handle this? Is Macports also installing
a symlink from a standard place to the version
specific place?
I believe the default behavior is to install a versioned symlink in
${prefix}/bin
(and if so how is that different
from the normal non-versioned collision).
Or does it have some sort of alternatives management
going on? (as was mentioned in another response)
I believe some specific Portfiles will install an unversioned symlink in
${prefix}/bin IFF there isn't already one there.
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