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Date:      Tue, 12 Jun 2001 13:34:09 +0100
From:      Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net>
To:        Espen Skoglund <esk@ira.uka.de>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how do I grab multiple files?
Message-ID:  <20010612133409.A91701@shaft.techsupport.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <15142.1991.349827.268138@i30nb2.ira.uka.de>; from esk@ira.uka.de on Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 02:15:03PM %2B0200
References:  <20010612130554.A91656@shaft.techsupport.co.uk> <15142.1991.349827.268138@i30nb2.ira.uka.de>

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* Espen Skoglund <esk@ira.uka.de> [010612 13:22]:
> [Rasputin ]
> > Hi there,
> > I'm writing a port for a development library that doesn't come with
> > any documentation.  However, there's a separate textfile which
> > describes the formats the library uses. I want to install that with
> > the contents of the main tarball.

> As the porters handbook probably has told you, it is possible to
> specify multiple files in DISTFILES.  (That's probably the reason why
> it's called DISTFILES and not DISTFILE btw.)

Yeah, thanks. Couldn't track it down in the Handbook, but I found a posting
via Google just after I mailed you folks. Isn't that always the way?

Thanks.
-- 
"These are the propulsion systems used by NASA for the moonshots,"
		said Tom apologetically. 
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns ::

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