Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:53:43 -0700 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: Danny Howard <dannyman@tellme.com> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porter's Handbook ambiguity Message-ID: <20010612005343.B972F3E0B@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <20010611174736.D95102@tellme.com>; from dannyman@tellme.com on "Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:47:36 -0700"
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Danny Howard <dannyman@tellme.com> writes: > [ Note: I am cross-posting -ports and -doc. Please trim your replies as > appropriate. ] > > http://www.freebsd.org/porters-handbook/porting-portlint.html > > 2.5. Checking your port with portlint > > Please use portlint to see if your port conforms to our guidelines. The > portlint program is part of the ports collection. In particular, you may > want to check if the Makefile is in the right shape and the package is > named appropriately. > > Okay, but where is portlint? How do I use it? > > 0-17:37 dannyman@noneedto ~/work/ports/p5-Net-XWhois> portlint > portlint: Command not found. > 1-17:37 dannyman@noneedto ~/work/ports/p5-Net-XWhois> make portlint > make: don't know how to make portlint. Stop "Part of the ports collection" means it's a port. dima@bazooka% make search name=portlint Port: portlint-2.3.2 Path: /usr/ports/devel/portlint Info: A verifier for FreeBSD port directory Maint: mharo@FreeBSD.org Index: devel B-deps: R-deps: dima@bazooka% cd devel/portlint dima@bazooka% make ... > > Hrmmm. > > Also, I asked on -ports about why don't the Perl modules build honoring > PREFIX and was told that the ports collection was broken in this > regards. I suppose it would be neat if there were someone who grokked > this and could bring -doc up to speed. I may qualify in a few weeks > once I've burned myself enough times. > > Thanks, > -danny > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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