Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 16:05:55 -0800 (PST) From: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Question about PLIST Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961027155617.3232A-100000@hamby1>
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I'm almost done with my ports of Marimba's Castanet Tuner and Bongo, and I have a question about the PLIST file. Both programs are written in Java, and consist of hundreds of .class files. In the installation Makefile, I'm using pax to transfer the entire directory to /usr/local/lib/castanet or /usr/local/lib/bongo respectively. I really didn't want to list every single file in the PLIST, especially since the exact number and names of the .class files is likely to change between versions. So I just put the directory names in the PLIST. Sure enough, when I typed "make package", it put the correct files in the tarball. Unfortunately, when I try pkg_delete, it complains because it tries to delete the directories as files, and obviously fails. I can put a @dirrm at the end of the PLIST, but the warning messages are annoying. Also, I was having second thoughts, since EVERY OTHER PACKAGE seems to list filenames individually in the PLIST. I can balloon the PLIST out to 10k by listing each file manually, but then I can't get the package builder to add empty subdirectories and directory symlinks into the package tarball! I think I'm just going to go back to the original method of listing only the directory name, and ignore the warning messages from pkg_delete (and have it use @dirrm to remove the entire /usr/local/lib/castanet directory). Can somebody more familiar with building ports tell me whether this is acceptable or if I must list each file manually (which I don't want to do)? Thanks in advance! -- Jake
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