Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 12:50:46 +1030 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: mharo@area51.fremont.ca.us, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, asami@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PLIST verification script? Message-ID: <XFMail.990225125046.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902242109300.444-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On 25-Feb-99 Chuck Robey wrote: > 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. Yes, but if you *DO* make a 'special' version of install you can use it for that as well... Providing the thing that does the installing uses 'install' - which most apps do now. > 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, ..... Ugh, yeah.. Well, it was just a suggestion that might make life easier. --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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