Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 08:35:31 -0400 From: James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help needed with port Makefile Message-ID: <39292993.19441F4D@thehousleys.net> References: <20000521234529.C236@parish>
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Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> I'm trying to make a Makefile for a port and am having problems
> installing the manpage.
>
> The port is only a sh(1) script but the porters handbook (which I've
> spent a good deal of time reading) seems to be all based around built
> from source ports where there is a Makefile in ${WRKSRC}. Since I
> don't have that everything needs to be in the top level Makefile.
>
> Looking at other ports I've arrived at:
>
> PORTNAME= foobar
> PORTVERSION= 1.0
> CATEGORIES= sysutils
> MASTER_SITES= ftp://ftp.ukug.uk.freebsd.org/pub/mark/foobar/
>
> MAINTAINER= mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org
>
> MAN1= foobar.1
> MANCOMPRESSED= yes
> NO_BUILD= yes
>
> do-install:
> ${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/foobar ${PREFIX}/bin/foobar
> ${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/foobar.man ${PREFIX}/man/man1/${MAN1}
>
> .include <bsd.port.mk>
>
> The script itself installs OK and so does the manpage, except that I
> can't work out how to compress it.
>
> Unfortunately I can't find another port that only installs that also
> has a manpage. Any pointers would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> BTW, please Cc: me as I'm not current;y subscribed to -ports.
>
Look into NO_WRKSUBDIR, in /usr/ports/Mk/port.bsd.mk
Jim
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