Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:13:43 +0200 From: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: This construction doesn't work Message-ID: <4C292CA7.2080402@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <F2F73A9F749C437672E35BFB@utd65257.utdallas.edu> References: <F2F73A9F749C437672E35BFB@utd65257.utdallas.edu>
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Em 2010.06.29. 0:24, Paul Schmehl escreveu:
> I'm working on a port update for one of the ports that I maintain, and
> I've run into a problem that I can't seem to solve.
>
> I use this construction to ensure that the port doesn't overwrite the
> conf file, if one exists:
>
> .for f in barnyard2.conf
> ${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/etc/${f} ${PREFIX}/etc/${f}-sample
> [ -f ${PREFIX}/etc/${f} ] || \
> ${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/etc/${f} ${PREFIX}/etc/${f}
> .endfor
>
> But it gets overwritten anyway. What am I doing wrong? I thought
> this worked before, but I can't be sure. Testing proves that it does
> not work now. I tried to changing to an if [ ! -f construction, but
> that didn't do a thing.
>
I think it should work, I used to write the same in audio/shoutcast. Are
you testing by installing from port or from package? It should work for
ports but for packages, you need some more magic in pkg-plist. You can
also refer to audio/shoutcast how it is done there. Maybe is it what you
missed?
Regards,
Gabor
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