Re: Confused by what make package should do

Reply: Matthew Phillips : "Re: Confused by what make package should do"
In reply to: Matthew Phillips : "Confused by what make package should do"
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From: Gleb Popov <arrowd_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:49:02 UTC

On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 7:22 PM Matthew Phillips
<matthew@matthewphillips.info> wrote:
>
> The porters handbook says:
>
> > Make sure that make package can be run as a normal user (that is, not
> > as root)
>
> However, the default `PREFIX` is /usr/local, and a non-root user cannot
> install to this folder.

`make package` only creates the .pkg file. It is `make install` that
performs the installation.