Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:35:35 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Martin Kropfinger <freebsd@rakor-net.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to handle config files Message-ID: <4F0AB4E7.5040901@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20120108135933.51867668@rakor-net.de> References: <20120108135933.51867668@rakor-net.de>
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On 01/08/2012 04:59, Martin Kropfinger wrote: > Hi there! > > The porters handbook describes a way to handle config files: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/plist-config.html > > It is recommended to do it this way for keeping changed files after > deinstallation on the system. But the example is not really clear to me. > > What does this line do: > @exec if [ ! -f %D/etc/orbit.conf ] ; then cp -p %D/%F %B/orbit.conf; fi > > Nothing is said about those variables... %D (which seems to be > %%PREFIX%%) and %F or %B. > > Can anyone give me some help? I added a reference to pkg_create in that section, and tried to improve the wording a bit to make it more clear what the right course of action is. It should be on line in a few hours (assuming I didn't break the doc build again) .... please let me know if it helps you understand things better. Doug -- You can observe a lot just by watching. -- Yogi Berra Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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