Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 06:35:23 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Porting help Message-ID: <19990112063523.E12236@futuresouth.com>
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I'm working on putting a port together, and I've hit a few snags. The port skeleton that I have is at: <URL: http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/bgrot.port.tar.gz>; I stuck it in the 'graphics' category, though I'm not completely sure that's the best. Problems/quandries: 1) In the porting section of the handbook, it mentions doing a 'make checksum' to generate the files/md5 file, which I couldn't for the life of me get to work right. I ended up manually md5'ing the file, and duplicating the format of the other md5 files I see. It seems to work, but I'm wondering if the 'make checksum' is supposed to work as advertised or if it's right as it is. 2) Manpages. I'm a little unclear on what exactly should be happening here. The Makefile of the package itself (not the port skeleton) compresses and installs the manpages as part of it's installation routine. Does this mean I should: a) make a patch to take that out, and use the MANx variable? b) include the manpage in the PLIST? c) something else? 3) portlint is spewing: {~/tmp/tmpport/graphics/bgrot} mortis:{1604} %portlint . | grep ^WARN WARN: extra item placed in the *_DEPENDS section, for example, "USE_PERL5". Does this mean I should do this some other way? USE_PERL5= yes RUN_DEPENDS= xv:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/xv That's all I've found just in theoretical; I haven't tried any of the actual install/etc as a port, just trying to get it clean-looking for the moment. Thanks! --- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Matthew Fuller http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd | * fullermd@futuresouth.com fullermd@over-yonder.net * | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | * because I haven't figured out how to light the * | middle yet" | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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