From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Oct 20 23:43:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA23582 for ports-outgoing; Mon, 20 Oct 1997 23:43:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports) Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [128.120.56.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA23577 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 1997 23:43:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (d60-061.leach.ucdavis.edu [169.237.60.61]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) with ESMTP id XAA19691; Mon, 20 Oct 1997 23:43:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.8.7/8.7.3) id GAA01532; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 06:43:28 GMT Message-ID: <19971020234328.36660@dragon.nuxi.com> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 23:43:28 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Frank Volf Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PLIST generation Reply-To: obrien@NUXI.com References: <199710081733.TAA03414@greenpeace.grondar.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.76 In-Reply-To: <199710081733.TAA03414@greenpeace.grondar.za>; from Mark Murray on Wed, Oct 08, 1997 at 07:33:48PM +0200 X-Warning: Mutt Bites! X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE Organization: The NUXI *BSD group X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Keyid: 34F9F9D5 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I use this methos for ports that are "standalone" - ie don't require > other ports: > > # cd /usr/ports/somedir/myport > # mv /usr/local /usr/local.ORIG ..snip.. I prefer this approach: # mkdir /tmp/foo # make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install # cd /tmp/foo # find . -type f > /tmp/PLIST This approach has the added benifit of making you get the PREFIX handling proper. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org)