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From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>
To: Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@xs4all.nl>
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Subject: Re: revive wmmemload port
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Hi!

> I'm trying to "revive" the wmmemload port because I'm using WindowMaker 
> now as windowmanager, it looks like it's still being maintained upstream 
> and, of course, I would like to use it.
> 
> First difficult thing for me is writing the makefile. Right now it's like 
> this:
[...]
> ...
> # $FreeBSD$
> 
> PORTNAME=	wmmemload
> PORTVERSION=	0.1.8
> PORTREVISION=	0
> CATEGORIES=	sysutils windowmaker
> MASTER_SITES=	https://dev.gentoo.org/~voyageur/distfiles/
> 
> MAINTAINER=	mbeis@xs4all.nl
> COMMENT=	A dockapp for windowmaker that displays the current mem/swap usage
> 
> USE_XORG=	xpm
> GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
> USES=		gmake
> 
> .include <bsd.port.mk>
> ...
> 
> But then I get a configure error:
> 
> ...
> ===>   wmmemload-0.1.8 depends on file: 
> /usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/xpm.pc - found
> ===>  Configuring for wmmemload-0.1.8
> cd: /home/marco/Devel/wmmemload/work/wmmemload-0.1.8: No such file or 
> directory

There's the problem.

The tgz file does not unpack into a work/wmmemload-0.1.8/
directory, instead it unpacks into something else.

Try to check this and fix it with some WRKSRC or similar variable.

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