Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 21:58:32 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Nilmoni Deb <ndeb@ece.cmu.edu> Cc: Theo Bell <freebsd@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Ports Magick Unclear, Proposal to demystify (Was: Re: adding a port) Message-ID: <20000830215831.A96939@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96L.1000830152558.408A-100000@alpha>; from ndeb@ece.cmu.edu on Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 03:27:57PM -0400 References: <20000830212332.A96743@mithrandr.moria.org> <Pine.GSO.3.96L.1000830152558.408A-100000@alpha>
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On Wed 2000-08-30 (15:27), Nilmoni Deb wrote:
> > It does. If it can't find it:
>
> It does not. What it gives (for FreeBSD 3.1 ) is something like
> "pkg.tar.gz doesnot seem to be in the system"
>
> There is no mention of any path.
True. It doesn't seem to be in the handbook or the ports man page
either. In this case, obviousness and user-friendliness should take
precedence.
For the manpage, I'd suggest adding something to:
fetch Fetch all of the files needed to build this port from the
site(s) listed in MASTER_SITES and PATCH_SITES. See FETCH_CMD
and MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE.
Maybe:
"The files are placed in the location provided by the DISTDIR variable
by the user, and defaults to /usr/ports/distfiles if not provided. If
the DIST_SUBDIR variable is set by the port, it is placed in the
subdirectory indicated by the variable."
In the handbook, a new section 4.2.1.3: Manually fetching and installing
distribution files. This can say something like:
"If you already have the distribution file required by a port, you can
find where it looks for it with: make -V DISTDIR -V DIST_SUBDIR. Place
it in the subdirectory (if any) indicated in the second line off the
directory on the first line. For example, you may get:
/usr/ports/distfiles
squid2.2
You should then place the file in /usr/ports/distfiles/squid2.2.
If you want to find out a list of files a port needs, type 'make
fetch-list'."
I propose a target "wheredist" to return ${DISTDIR}/${DIST_SUBDIR} to
make the documentation and usage much easier. I also propose that
${ECHO_MSG} ">> $$file doesn't seem to exist on this system."
be changed to:
${ECHO_MSG} ">> $$file doesn't seem to exist in ${DISTDIR}/${DIST_SUBDIR}."
Any other suggestions?
Neil
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Neil Blakey-Milner
Sunesi Clinical Systems
nbm@mithrandr.moria.org
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