Packages not respecting DESTDIR ( perl5.8 )

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Wed May 2 00:31:52 UTC 2007


On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 01:12:54AM +0100, Steven Hartland wrote:
> I'm trying to install ports into a jail but even some
> key ports like don't seen to support this option
> even to the extent they appear to break the host OS
> deleting files.
> 
> I'm assuming this shouldn't be the case?

DESTDIR is not yet complete enough to rely on.  For now mount your
ports tree inside the jail (e.g. with nullfs) and build it there "as
normal".

Kris
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