From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jan 6 10:05:51 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA14889 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 10:05:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail11.svr.pol.co.uk (mail11.svr.pol.co.uk [195.92.193.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA14872 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 10:05:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@eborcom.com) Received: from modem-66.vancomycin.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.91.66]) by mail11.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.10 #1) id 0zxxKU-00000k-00 for freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 18:05:15 +0000 Received: (qmail 16979 invoked by uid 5000); 6 Jan 1999 17:39:56 -0000 Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 17:39:56 +0000 From: Tom Hukins To: Duncan Barclay Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Suggestion for "Making a port yourself" in the Handbook Message-ID: <19990106173956.B16925@eborcom.com> References: <19981229134046.A2455@eborcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: ; from Duncan Barclay on Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 04:17:51PM -0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 04:17:51PM -0000, Duncan Barclay wrote: > > On 29-Dec-98 Tom Hukins wrote: > > > > I didn't like the idea of building a packing list by hand, so I > > figured out a way of creating packing lists semi-automatically. > > There is currently no mention of any such technique in the handbook, > > so I suggest this (or something better) is included: > > > > Creating a packing list manually can be a very tedious task. It is > > often best to create the PLIST file using the "find" program. > > Extracted from my mega-make files (http://www.ragnet.demon.co.uk/remake/), > same idea just does a little more: [extract snipped] I had a quick look at your Web site. Your system seems comprehensive and powerful, but I couldn't figure out how to use this quickly and easily. If the Handbook describes how to build a PLIST, it should do so in a way which doesn't require lots of fiddling around. Of course, if you can describe how to use your mega-make files easily, that's great, but I'm not sure I'd be able to! So, if nobody objects, I'll send-pr something along the lines of my original suggestion for inclusion in the Handbook. Regards, Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message