[PATCH] portmaster with SU_CMD

Jeremy Messenger mezz7 at cox.net
Mon Nov 12 09:42:26 PST 2007


On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:31:42 -0600, Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez  
<rnsanchez at wait4.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:33:55 -0600
> "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7 at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> I agree, because you can't build any ports in /usr/ports as in normal
>> user anyway. I don't see any good reason to do it either.
>
> Yes you can.

No, not by default and I have pointed 'in /usr/ports'.

> You just need to set WRKDIRPREFIX in your /etc/make.conf,
> to "/tmp" for instance.  I've been doing that happily for some years now.

Doug said, 'I'm not saying I'll never add a new feature, just that there  
needs to be a really good reason to do so.' Do anyone has any? I personal  
still don't see any good reason to do it.

Cheers,
Mezz


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