Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 08:36:38 -0500 From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porting help Message-ID: <19990112083637.A39884@ppp265.on.bellglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <19990112063523.E12236@futuresouth.com>; from Matthew D. Fuller on Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 06:35:23AM -0600 References: <19990112063523.E12236@futuresouth.com>
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On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 06:35:23AM -0600, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
>
> 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
``make makesum''
> a) make a patch to take that out, and use the MANx variable?
> b) include the manpage in the PLIST?
> c) something else?
d) both a) and c) are (almost) true. :)
List in MANx but don't make a patch to "take that out". MANx does not
install manpages for you. It just massages them.
> 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
USE_PERL5 only after blank line + RUN_DEPENDS.
> 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!
Good luck! :)
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