52831 – suggest P4ROOT when Perforce is emerged

Bug 52831 - suggest P4ROOT when Perforce is emerged

Summary: suggest P4ROOT when Perforce is emerged

Status:	VERIFIED TEST-REQUEST

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Stuart Herbert (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2004-06-02 16:52 UTC by Steve Pole
Modified:	2005-02-17 03:24 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Steve Pole 2004-06-02 16:52:08 UTC

When Perforce is installed, it expects an environment variable P4ROOT to be set. According to my gentoo system, this should probably be done in /etc/env.d/50Perforce. A reasonable suggestion could be /p4root or /home/p4root.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Stuart Herbert (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-26 15:01:26 UTC

Added P4ROOT=/var/lib/perforce to -r1.

Comment 2 Stuart Herbert (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-02-17 03:24:38 UTC

Closing old bug.