Wouldn't it be better to make sure a MacPorts installation always stays within /opt/local?

[Joshua Root]

On 2014-2-17 15:07 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> On Feb 16, 2014, at 14:29, Sean Mehta <sean at mehta.io> wrote:
> 
>> To make a parallel installation for testing, I compile from source with
>> something like:
>>
>> 	$ ./configure --prefix=$MP_PREFIX
>> 		--with-applications-dir=$MP_PREFIX/Applications \
>> 		--with-tclpackage=$MP_PREFIX/Library/Tcl
>> 	$ make
>> 	$ sudo make install
>>
>> where $MP_PREFIX is the install location (like /opt/local.trunk).
> 
> Don’t forget that you must also set e.g. --with-frameworks-dir=$MP_PREFIX/Library/Frameworks.

That's the default.

- Josh