Mambo -- install dir

[Ion-Mihai Tetcu]

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:16:58 -0700
Vizion <vizion at vizion.occoxmail.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 13 October 2005 12:49,  the author Ion-Mihai Tetcu
> contributed to the dialogue on-
>  Re: Mambo -- install dir: 
> 
> >On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:45:04 -0400
> >
> >Chuck Swiger <cswiger at mac.com> wrote:
> >> Vizion wrote:
> >> > How can I configure install so that mambo is installed into the
> >> > directory of my choosing?
> >> >
> >> > By default mambo installs in /usr/local/www
> >>
> >> Change:
> >>
> >> MAMBO_DIR?=     www/${PORTNAME}
> >>
> >> ...in the port's Makefile, and/or change ${PREFIX}.
> >
> >Or
> ># make MAMBO_DIR=.......
> 
> Ah well I must I done something stupid -- because I got nowhere :-(
> Here is how I changed the makefile start with MAMBO_DIR?

That ``?'' from ``MAMBO_DIR?=     www/${PORTNAME}'' means:
if it's not defined use this value.

> I also removed PREFIX entries where it seemed appropriate.

I doubt there was any place where this was appropriate; please take a
look in Porters Handbook (and /usr/oprts/MK/* ) if you are interested
on the subject.

> make and make install did not complain BUT nothing happened!!!

make clean && make MAMBO_DIR=/where/I/want/it/to/be/installled install  clean

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> Can anyone help me do better?

Just leave the port as it is and do what I've told you above.


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