Mambo -- install dir

Wesley Shields wxs at csh.rit.edu
Thu Oct 13 12:40:52 PDT 2005


On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 12:25:09PM -0700, Vizion wrote:
> Hi
> 
> How can I configure install so that mambo is installed into the directory of 
> my choosing?
> 
> By default mambo installs in /usr/local/www
> 
> However for virtual web servers on on my systems I have:
> 
> /usr2/virtualservers/server1
> /usr2/virtualservers/server2
> 
> etc etc
> 
> 
> <Maybe I am missing something obvious -- but I cannot find a standard way to 
> customize target installation locations.
> 
> The over generalization that the default path is the correct path for 
> installation seems to be a curse in the freebsd ports system which is a 
> virulent nuisance in the ports/www but, although a less frequent cause of 
> difficulty  in other parts of the ports system, it remains a frequent cause 
> of difficulty.  
> 
> david

The Makefile defines the following:

MAMBO_DIR?=     www/${PORTNAME}

Other ports which do this (www/gallery comes to mind) have a pre-fetch
target which alerts the user that they can change the location.  Mambo
doesn't have such a thing, apparently.

-- WXS


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