Linux software won't install were it's told to!

[Benjamin]

On 06/27/12 04:13, Scot Hetzel wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 4:47 AM, Benjamin<byu17 at uclive.ac.nz>  wrote:
>> Disclosure: I have posted this question on the forums too.
>>
>> I am still attempting to port Quartus II design software to FreeBSD. I am
>> making progress, with the help of this list and others.
>>
>> My latest problem is strange. I've followed all the shell script wrappers to
>> find the actual installation binary that is run. It takes an option that
>> lets the user specify where to install (-t<location>).
>>
>> When I run it thus:
>>
>> # altera_installer_cmd --source=/usr/ports/cad/quartus_ii/work
>> --install=quartus_free -w -t /home/benjamin/some_dir --no_space_check
>>
>> It installs to some_dir in my home directory, as expected. If I change the
>> install path to /usr/local however:
>>
>> # altera_installer_cmd --source=/usr/ports/cad/quartus_ii/work
>> --install=quartus_free -w -t /usr/local/quartus --no_space_check
>>
>> (the only difference between the two commands is the "-t<location>" bit)
>>
>> It somehow installs to /compat/linux/usr/local/quartus rather than
>> /usr/local/quartus! It is almost as if there is a magic "symlink"
>> redirecting certain folders, but it doesn't redirect when I specify my home
>> directory.
>>
>> What could be going on here?
>>
> This is being caused by the linux emulation where it adds the prefix
> '/compat/linux' to the specified path.
>
> linux_emul_path -
> http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/compat/linux/linux_util.c?im=bigexcerpts#L64
> linux_emul_convpath -
> http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/compat/linux/linux_util.c?im=bigexcerpts#L98
> kern_alternate_path -
> http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/kern/vfs_lookup.c?im=10#L1158
>
> If you create the directory '/usr/local/quartus' first, will it
> install to this location?
>
> Scot
>

I created the directory /usr/local/quartus, but it still installed to 
the directory under /compat/linux.

So there is no easy way to turn this behavior off?