installing into alternate directory?

[Adam Weinberger]

> On 13 Oct, 2017, at 16:08, Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
> 
> I suspect that this is documented someplace.
> In the old days, one coudl install ports in
> an directory hierarchy other than /usr/local
> by setting DESTDIR.  This is/was handy in 
> testing a new port, or in particular, an upgrade
> of an abandoned port.
> 
> % cd /usr/ports/math/octave42
> % make
> % setenv DESTDIR /usr/local/octave42
> % make install
> ===>  Creating some important subdirectories
> ===> /tmp subdirectory has been successfully created
> ===> /dev subdirectory has been successfully created
> ===>  Starting chrooted make in /usr/local/octave42...
> chroot: /bin/sh: No such file or directory
> ===>  Chrooted make in /usr/local/octave42 failed
> ===>  Cleaning up...
> *** Error code 1
> 
> What?

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