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Subject: Re: Writing a port that simply installs a bunch of files
To: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de>
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From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>
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On 03/06/17 12:50, Michael Gmelin wrote:

> Yes, that's possible, see sysutils/bhyve-rc[0] for an example how to do it.

Thanks for your answer: an example is really welcome.

However, I might be dumb, but that does not fully cover what I was 
looking for.

I see sysutils/bhyve-rc uses USE_RC_SUBR in order to install its only 
file, but that's specific to rc.d scripts.
Suppose I want a mean to install generic files, should I use SUB_FILES?

The first problem I encounter, then, is with subdirectories.
Suppose I want to install /usr/local/a/b/c.txt, I would use 
"SUB_FILES=a/b/c.txt" and provide files/a/b/c.txt.in.
However, I'll get:
> cannot create /usr/ports/misc/xxx/work/a/b/c.txt: No such file or directory

I've also tried "SUB_FILES=${WRKSRC}/a/b/c.txt", but then make will say:
> ** Missing /usr/ports/misc/xxx/files//usr/ports/misc/xxx/work/xxx-y/a/b/c.txt.in for xxx-y.


Am I missing something obvious?


  bye & Thanks
	av.