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| author | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-06-27 11:07:12 +0000 |
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| committer | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-06-27 11:07:12 +0000 |
| commit | d1b0a0eefbdcb19f4724abfde79c77a21d6e0cd7 (patch) | |
| tree | dcb59c765358e7d7d2d42077982290697e1e81ca /doc | |
| parent | 312095f68a41134e1f8a1d9f4fb6124dd602e3aa (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-d1b0a0eefbdcb19f4724abfde79c77a21d6e0cd7.tar.gz | |
Added a note that the name LOCALBASE stems from FreeBSD.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/build.xml | 8 |
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> |