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authorrillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org>2006-06-27 11:07:12 +0000
committerrillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org>2006-06-27 11:07:12 +0000
commitd1b0a0eefbdcb19f4724abfde79c77a21d6e0cd7 (patch)
treedcb59c765358e7d7d2d42077982290697e1e81ca /doc
parent312095f68a41134e1f8a1d9f4fb6124dd602e3aa (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-d1b0a0eefbdcb19f4724abfde79c77a21d6e0cd7.tar.gz
Added a note that the name LOCALBASE stems from FreeBSD.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/build.xml b/doc/guide/files/build.xml
index 3f7e3e54520..52004c732a1 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/build.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/build.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.28 2006/06/26 23:28:51 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.29 2006/06/27 11:07:12 rillig Exp $ -->
<chapter id="build">
<title>The build process</title>
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ can be put into place on the system.</para>
<para><varname>LOCALBASE</varname> 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
- <quote>${LOCALBASE}</quote>.</para>
+ <quote>${LOCALBASE}</quote>. The name
+ <varname>LOCALBASE</varname> stems from FreeBSD, which
+ installed all packages in <filename>/usr/local</filename>. As
+ pkgsrc leaves <filename>/usr/local</filename> for the system
+ administrator, this variable is a misnomer.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>