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Date:      Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:52:48 -0800
From:      David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Creating New Port
Message-ID:  <20090107185248.GM64787@albert.catwhisker.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090107134848.17fd38dc@scorpio>
References:  <20090107134848.17fd38dc@scorpio>

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On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 01:48:48PM -0500, Jerry wrote:
> I am attempting to create my first port. I seem to have run into a
> problem thought.
>=20
> I want to create a port for a Perl module,
> 'Captcha-reCAPTCHA-Mailhide'. I created the test port
> in /usr/ports/local/p5-Captcha-reCAPTCHA-Mailhide. The port builds OK.
> The problem is when I try to create the pkg-plist. I followed (I think)
> the instructions in the "Porter's Handbook". Specifically this portion:
>=20
> # mkdir /var/tmp/$(make -V PORTNAME)
>=20
> When I run the line of above, this is what I get back:
>=20
> mkdir /var/tmp/$(make -V Captcha-reCAPTCHA-Mailhide)
> mkdir: /var/tmp/: File exists
>=20
> It never creates the desired directory. I have tried including the
> version number in the above; however, that doesn't work either. Since
> this is my first port, I am confused as to what I am doing wrong.
>=20
> I can supply the 'Makefile' if it is needed.

What does "make -V PORTNAME" say?

Peace,
david
--=20
David H. Wolfskill				david@catwhisker.org
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