Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:12:49 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: asami@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, mharo@area51.fremont.ca.us Subject: Re: PLIST verification script? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902242109300.444-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990225122354.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 25-Feb-99 Satoshi Asami wrote: > > You can just do a "touch" right before installation and then do a > > "find -newer". Of course that won't find stuff that are tar'ed out > > directly. > How about making a special version of install and making sure all the ports use install > to install things :) You weren't reading the thread ... this was about catching the stuff that an outside piece of software installs, when making a FreeBSD port. If you already *have* a FreeBSD port (whether or not it uses install, which is not always feasible) then you don't need the tools being discussed. This is *not* about catching stuff the FreeBSD port's makefile installs, it's about catching the stuff that the 3rd party software is installing, when adapting a new FreeBSD port. When I made the octave port, with it's hundreds of files, that would have saved me *hours* of careful file accounting, installing, deinstalling, reinstalling, ..... ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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