From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 18 00:07:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC1141065673 for ; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:07:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joeb_722@comclark.com) Received: from avmxsmtp3.comclark.com (avmxsmtp3.comclark.com [202.69.191.117]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74A298FC08 for ; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:07:04 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmsUANnhQUzKRaxEPGdsb2JhbAAHh2qYCwEBAQE1vmSFJQSDfocZ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.55,220,1278259200"; d="scan'208";a="13741770" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.0.10.3]) ([202.69.172.68]) by avmxsmtp2.comclark.com with ESMTP; 18 Jul 2010 08:07:03 +0800 Message-ID: <4C4245A5.5000006@comclark.com> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:07:01 +0800 From: Joe User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Barton References: <4C400CBB.5010404@comclark.com> <86fwzjsgfx.fsf@gmail.com> <4C41937B.8070303@comclark.com> <4C41A88C.6030207@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Anonymous , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cant get new port Makefile to work X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:07:05 -0000 Doug Barton wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jul 2010, Matthew Seaman wrote: > >> Given you already have the bits that download the script tarball etc., >> take a look at ports-mgmt/portmaster -- this installs a script, a manual >> page and optionally some other items. Plus it's by Doug Barton, so you >> can be pretty certain the port is written to a very high standard. > > Thank you very much for the kind words, it's nice to know that some > people around here think well of me. :) > > But seriously folks, credit where it's due, I cribbed almost all of that > from marcus via ports-mgmt/portlint. > > > Doug > Reviewed the portlint and portmaster port Makefiles and they both have the source files provided as part of the port. I have this method already working. Need to change to method where the source files have to be fetched from remote site. Looking for template of that method.