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PREFIX and LOCALBASE
All,
the pkgsrc guide states in 17.2
"PREFIX always points to the location where the current pkg will be
installed. When referring to a pkg's own installation path, use
“${PREFIX}”.
LOCALBASE is where all non-X11 pkgs are installed. If you need to
construct a -I or -L argument to the compiler to find includes and
libraries installed by another non-X11 pkg, use “${LOCALBASE}”. The
name LOCALBASE stems from FreeBSD, which installed all packages in
/usr/local. As pkgsrc leaves /usr/local for the system administrator,
this variable is a misnomer."
pkglint. OTOH, states
[hf@Hochstuhl] /<3>editors/xemacs > pkglint | grep LOCALBASE
WARN: Makefile:56: The LOCALBASE variable should not be used by
packages.
WARN: Makefile:58: The LOCALBASE variable should not be used by
packages.
[hf@Hochstuhl] /<3>editors/xemacs >
When should I expect PREFIX to be different from LOCALBASE?
hauke
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