Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 20:55:32 +0100 From: Tom Hukins <tom@FreeBSD.org> To: Martin Klaffenboeck <martin.klaffenboeck@gmx.at> Cc: ports freebsd group <ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: documentation for the ports system? Message-ID: <20030518195531.GA407@eborcom.com> In-Reply-To: <20030518182218.GA59208@martin.kleinerdrache.org> References: <20030518182218.GA59208@martin.kleinerdrache.org>
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On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 08:22:18PM +0200, Martin Klaffenboeck wrote: > > I know the Porter's Hanbook, but what I want to ask is: > > Is there anywhere a documentation for the ports system? The Porter's Handbook documents the Ports system better than anything else. > How are the /var/db/pkg/* files are created. Where comes the origin > from and so on. How does dynamic pkg-plist creating work? (In ports > which do not have a pkg-plist file)... > > Is there anywhere a docu for that? The person creating or updating the port looks after these files. Semi-automatic pkg-plist generation tools exist. See section 17 of the Porter's Handbook: http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-autoplist.html Tom
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